Our new practical guide to systematic searching for literature reviews in ecology and evolution is out in Methods in Ecology and Evolution! Great collaboration with Yong Zhi Foo, Shinichi Nakagawa | 中川震一, Rose O'Dea and Losia Lagisz besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/20…

Often PhD candidates will begin their thesis with a literature review, but this can be poorly executed without adequate guidance. A new guide Methods in Ecology and Evolution looks to be a very useful resource providing a roadmap for scientists at all career stages besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/20…

Our new paper on how to conduct a systematic review for beginners. Summarized nicely by Shinichi Nakagawa | 中川震一 below. Hope it's useful for anyone trying to review their literature.

Online first in E&HB: "The results supported the recalibration theory hypothesis that the anger expression enhances cues of strength to increase bargaining power in conflicts, but with some limitations regarding the specificity of the function to anger." sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Congrats to PPL UWA Psychological Science student Cody Witham on his Hons project being published in E&HB. The study uses visual aftereffects to show how anger & fearful expressions influence perceptions of physical strength. Download for free here👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Using a clever “visual aftereffects” paradigm, new E&HB paper —> additional evidence for the hypothesis (Aaron N Sell) that the anger face functions to enhance apparent physical strength Also: fearful facial expression decreases apparent strength sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Being able to identify trustworthy strangers is a critical social skill, but are we any good at it? A new #PSPB study tests whether there is a correlation between perceived and actual trustworthiness across faces: ow.ly/hu6050GmVIL Sage Psychology

"Accuracy in Facial Trustworthiness Impressions: Kernel of Truth or Modern Physiognomy? A Meta-Analysis" New paper (by friends from my old lab) reveals significant, modest accuracy in impressions of facial trustworthiness. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…