Facial Age Cues Moderate Emotion Recognition on Faces of Children and Young adults Craig, B. (University of New England), Minkov, R. (University of New England) Previous research shows that the speed and accuracy of recognising emotional expressions depends on other social information available on faces. For example, the happy categorisation advantage—the faster categorisation of happiness […]

Working with Disadvantaged Groups – Do Group-Blind Attitudes Hinder or Foster Diversity Engagement? Achia, T. (Relationships Australia Queensland [RAQ] & University of Queensland), Louis, W.R. (University of Queensland), Petch, J. (Relationships Australia Queensland [RAQ]), Lohan, A., (Relationships Australia Queensland [RAQ]) The endorsement of group blind ideologies by advantaged group members is associated with negative outcomes […]

How Inequality Influences People’s Use of Wealth as a Categorisation for Self and Others Jetten, J. (University of Queensland), Pets, K. (University of Queensland), Mols, F. (University of Queensland), Tanjitpiyanond, P. (University of Queensland) Wilkinson and Pickett (2009) argue: “If inequalities are bigger, . . . where each one of us is placed becomes more […]

Cognitive Anxiety and Race: Does Anxiety at Encoding Affect Face Memory for Other-Race Individuals? Tindall, I. (Murdoch University), Curtis, G. (Murdoch University), Locke, V. (Murdoch University) Individuals whilst anxious or viewing another race face have reduced recognition accuracy. Limited research, however, has considered whether anxiety and race interact to exacerbate these deficits. The present study […]