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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: the appraisal of facial attractiveness and its relation to conscious awareness (2018)
Journal Article
Tsikandilakis, M., Bali, P., & Chapman, P. (2019). Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: the appraisal of facial attractiveness and its relation to conscious awareness. Perception, 48(1), 72-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006618813035

Previous research suggests that facial attractiveness relies on features such as symmetry, averageness and above-average sexual dimorphic characteristics. Due to the evolutionary and sociobiological value of these characteristics, it has been suggest... Read More about Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: the appraisal of facial attractiveness and its relation to conscious awareness.

Comparing drivers’ gap acceptance for cars and motorcycles at junctions using an adaptive staircase methodology (2018)
Journal Article
Robbins, C. J., Allen, H. A., & Chapman, P. (2018). Comparing drivers’ gap acceptance for cars and motorcycles at junctions using an adaptive staircase methodology. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 58, 944-954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2018.07.023

A disproportionate number of road deaths occur at intersections where one vehicle is a motorcycle. Previous research has not systematically varied the type of vehicles presented in a controlled environment. We compared drivers’ (n=54) gap acceptance... Read More about Comparing drivers’ gap acceptance for cars and motorcycles at junctions using an adaptive staircase methodology.

The moderating effect of trait anxiety on anxiety-related thoughts and actions whilst driving (2018)
Journal Article
Barnard, M. P., & Chapman, P. (2018). The moderating effect of trait anxiety on anxiety-related thoughts and actions whilst driving. Personality and Individual Differences, 135, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.07.027

Whilst there is evidence for the impact of driving anxiety on behaviour, less exists for the impact of trait anxiety; what does exist is inconclusive. The current study explored the possibility that trait anxiety interacts with driving anxiety to imp... Read More about The moderating effect of trait anxiety on anxiety-related thoughts and actions whilst driving.

Drivers’ visual search behavior toward vulnerable road users at junctions as a function of cycling experience (2018)
Journal Article
Robbins, C. J., & Chapman, P. (2018). Drivers’ visual search behavior toward vulnerable road users at junctions as a function of cycling experience. Human Factors, 60(7), 889-901. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018720818778960

Objective The current study investigated the behaviour and visual attention of two groups of drivers with differing pedal cycling experience (pedal cyclists and non-pedal cyclists), towards vulnerable road users at junctions in a driving simulator.... Read More about Drivers’ visual search behavior toward vulnerable road users at junctions as a function of cycling experience.

Comparing car drivers’ and motorcyclists’ opinions about junction crashes (2018)
Journal Article
Robbins, C. J., Allen, H. A., & Chapman, P. (2018). Comparing car drivers’ and motorcyclists’ opinions about junction crashes. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 117, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2018.05.001

Motorcyclists are involved in a disproportionate number of crashes given the distance they travel, with a high proportion of these crashes occurring at junctions. Despite car drivers being solely responsible for many road crashes involving a motorcyc... Read More about Comparing car drivers’ and motorcyclists’ opinions about junction crashes.

The effects of instruction and environmental demand on state anxiety, driving performance and autonomic activity: Are ego-threatening manipulations effective? (2018)
Journal Article
Barnard, M. P., & Chapman, P. (in press). The effects of instruction and environmental demand on state anxiety, driving performance and autonomic activity: Are ego-threatening manipulations effective?. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 55, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2018.02.040

A small yet emerging body of research on the relationship between anxiety and driving suggests that higher levels of state anxiety may lead to more dangerous driving behaviours. The aim of the current research was to investigate the effects of increa... Read More about The effects of instruction and environmental demand on state anxiety, driving performance and autonomic activity: Are ego-threatening manipulations effective?.

Skin Conductance Responses to Masked Emotional Faces Are Modulated by Hit Rate but Not Signal Detection Theory Adjustments for Subjective Differences in the Detection Threshold (2018)
Journal Article
Tsikandilakis, M., & Chapman, P. (2018). Skin Conductance Responses to Masked Emotional Faces Are Modulated by Hit Rate but Not Signal Detection Theory Adjustments for Subjective Differences in the Detection Threshold. Perception, 47(4), 432-450. https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006618760738

© 2018, © The Author(s) 2018. The biological preparedness model suggests that survival-related visual cues elicit physiological changes without awareness to enable us to respond to our environment. Previous studies have reported some evidence for thi... Read More about Skin Conductance Responses to Masked Emotional Faces Are Modulated by Hit Rate but Not Signal Detection Theory Adjustments for Subjective Differences in the Detection Threshold.