Color psychology: Effects of perceiving color on psychological functioning in humans

AJ Elliot, MA Maier - Annual review of psychology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Color is a ubiquitous perceptual stimulus that is often considered in terms of aesthetics. Here
we review theoretical and empirical work that looks beyond color aesthetics to the link …

The unique contributions of perceiver and target characteristics in person perception.

E Hehman, CAM Sutherland, JK Flake… - Journal of personality …, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract Models of person perception have long asserted that our impressions of others are
guided by characteristics of both the target and perceiver. However, research has not yet …

Somatic influences on subjective well-being and affective disorders: the convergence of thermosensory and central serotonergic systems

CL Raison, MW Hale, LE Williams, TD Wager… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Current theories suggest that the brain is the sole source of mental illness. However,
affective disorders, and major depressive disorder (MDD) in particular, may be better …

Identification of acutely sick people and facial cues of sickness

J Axelsson, T Sundelin, MJ Olsson… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Detection and avoidance of sick individuals have been proposed as essential components
in a behavioural defence against disease, limiting the risk of contamination. However …

[HTML][HTML] You are what you eat: within-subject increases in fruit and vegetable consumption confer beneficial skin-color changes

RD Whitehead, D Re, D Xiao, G Ozakinci, DI Perrett - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Fruit and vegetable consumption and ingestion of carotenoids have been found
to be associated with human skin-color (yellowness) in a recent cross-sectional study. This …

Redness enhances perceived aggression, dominance and attractiveness in men's faces

ID Stephen, FH Oldham, DI Perrett… - Evolutionary …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
In a range of non-human primate, bird and fish species, the intensity of red coloration in
males is associated with social dominance, testosterone levels and mate selection. In …

Skin coloration is a culturally-specific cue for attractiveness, healthiness, and youthfulness in observers of Chinese and western European descent

Y Lu, J Yang, K Xiao, M Pointer, C Li, S Wuerger - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Facial skin coloration signals information about an individual and plays an important role in
social interactions and mate choice, due its putative association with health, attractiveness …

African perceptions of female attractiveness

V Coetzee, SJ Faerber, JM Greeff, CE Lefevre, DE Re… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Little is known about mate choice preferences outside Western, educated, industrialised,
rich and democratic societies, even though these Western populations may be particularly …

Hot or not? Thermal reactions to social contact

AC Hahn, RD Whitehead, M Albrecht… - Biology …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Previous studies using thermal imaging have suggested that face and body temperature
increase during periods of sexual arousal. Additionally, facial skin temperature changes are …

Skin colour changes during experimentally-induced sickness

AJ Henderson, J Lasselin, M Lekander… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Skin colour may be an important cue to detect sickness in humans but how skin colour
changes with acute sickness is currently unknown. To determine possible colour changes …