Senior Lecturer
- 51cg
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- Email Address
- clare.sutherland@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
School of Psychology, King's College, 51cg
- School/Department
- School of Psychology
Qualifications
- PhD Psychology2016 - University of York
- MRes Psychology2011 - University of York
- BSc Psychology2010 - University of Glasgow
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Deputy PGR Coordinator
Chair of EDI (2021-2026)
Athena Swan lead for Psychology (led 2026 Gold Award)
- External Memberships
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- , School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia
- , Ordinary Committee Member, Experimental Psychology Society
- , Visual Cognition.
- , The Leadership Quarterly.
Prizes and Awards
30th Experimental Psychology Award for distinguished early career contribution to psychology
University Excellence Awards, 2025, Best postgraduate supervisor
- Research
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Research Overview
Face perception is central to human social life, affecting how we recognise our friends, fall in love, and even whom we trust. My research investigates how we perceive others when we meet them for the first time. My lab aim to understand the influence of stereotypes, individual differences, cultural learning and development on face perception.
I also have wider interests in understanding how and why we trust others, as well as advances in AI face generation and recognition.
My research has been funded by the ARC, ESRC, British Psychological Society, Experimental Psychological Society and Brain.
Funding and Grants
- ARC Discovery Project (DP260100208, 2026-2030; with Amy Dawel, David White, Gelareh Mohammdi, James Dunn, Zak Witkower, Alice O'Toole)
- ARC Discovery Project (DP220101026, 2022-2025; with Romina Palermo, Amy Dawel, Jason Bell, Eva Krumhuber)
- ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award (2019)
- ARC Discovery Project (DP170104602, 2017-2019; with Gill Rhodes, Romina Palermo and Andy Young)
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders Postdoc Exchange Scheme (2017)
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders Cross Program grant (2016)
- Brain, EPS, ESRC, ARC, PsyPAG, and BPS assorted research, travel and dissemination funding (2009-2026)
- ESRC Student Internship (Cybercrime, Home Office, 2012-2013)
- ESRC 1+3 Studentship (University of York, 2010-2014)
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
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Current Topics in Psychological Science
Social Psychology
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Social Psychology, Third Year
Face Recognition, Fourth Year Specialist Option
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
The Psychology of Face AI
- Publications
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Accuracy in Facial Trustworthiness Impressions: Kernel of Truth or Modern Physiognomy? A Meta-Analysis
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, vol. 48, no. 11, pp. 1580-1596Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Trustworthiness perception is mandatory: Task instructions do not modulate fast periodic visual stimulation trustworthiness responses
Journal of Vision, vol. 22, no. 11, pp. 1-19Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Understanding trait impressions from faces
British Journal of Psychology, vol. 113, no. 4, pp. 1056-1078Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Children’s Dynamic Use of Face and Behavior-Based Cues in an Economic Trust Game
Developmental Psychology, vol. 58, no. 12, pp. 2275-2286Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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In COVID-19 Health Messaging, Loss Framing Increases Anxiety with Little-to-No Concomitant Benefits: Experimental Evidence from 84 Countries
Affective Science, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 577-602Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 119, no. 22, pp. e2111091119Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Development of face-based trustworthiness impressions in childhood: A systematic review and metaanalysis
Cognitive Development , vol. 61, 101131Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Evidence for a Kernel of Truth in Children’s Facial Impressions of Children’s Niceness, but not Shyness
Developmental Psychology, vol. 57, no. 11, pp. 1822-1839Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Human oversight of Facial Recognition Technology in forensic applications
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Commentary to the Commission’s proposal for the “AI Act” – Response to selected issues
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