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British psychologist (born 1954)

Professor David Perrett FBA FRSE Professor of Psychology, University of St Andrews Personal details Born David Ian Perrett (1954-04-11) 11 April 1954 (age 72) Occupation Psychologist

**David Ian Perrett** (born 11 April 1954[1]) is a [professor](/source/Professor) of [psychology](/source/Psychology) at the [University of St Andrews](/source/University_of_St_Andrews) in [Scotland](/source/Scotland), where he leads the Perception Lab. The main focus in his team's research is on [face perception](/source/Face_perception), including facial cues to health,[2] effects of physiological conditions on facial appearance, and facial preferences in social settings such as [trust games](/source/Dictator_game) and [mate choice](/source/Mate_choice).[3] He has published over 400 [peer-reviewed](/source/Peer_review) articles,[4] many of which appearing in leading scientific journals such as the *[Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B—Biological Sciences](/source/Proceedings_of_the_Royal_Society)*,[5] *[Psychological Science](/source/Psychological_Science_(journal))*,[6] and *[Nature](/source/Nature_(journal))*.[7]

Perrett received the [British Psychological Society](/source/British_Psychological_Society) President's Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge in 2000,[8] the Golden Brain Award of [Minerva Foundation](/source/Minerva_Foundation) in 2002,[9] the Experimental Psychology Society Mid-Career prize (2008),[10] and a British Academy Wolfson Research Professorship (2009–2012).[11]

Perrett received a BSc in psychology from the [University of St Andrews](/source/University_of_St_Andrews) in 1976.[12] Perrett received a DPhil in psychology from [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University) in 1981,[12] under [Edmund Rolls](/source/Edmund_Rolls).[13][14]

## Works

- Perrett, David (2010). *In Your Face. The New Science of Human Attraction*. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-230-20129-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-230-20129-3).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ‘PERRETT, Prof. David Ian’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 [accessed 11 May 2013](http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U56117,)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Stephen, Ian D.; Coetzee, Vinet; Perrett, David I. (2011). "Carotenoid and melanin pigment coloration affect perceived human health". *Evolution and Human Behavior*. **32** (3): 216–227. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2011EHumB..32..216S](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011EHumB..32..216S). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.09.003](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.evolhumbehav.2010.09.003).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Perrett's profile on the University of St Andrews School of Psychology website](http://psy.st-andrews.ac.uk/people/lect/dp.shtml) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110620151330/http://psy.st-andrews.ac.uk/people/lect/dp.shtml) 2011-06-20 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [David Ian Perrett Research Publications](https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/david-ian-perrett(6a987feb-d99f-4e51-84ed-5f6d87c19dbc)/researchoutput.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Moore, F. R.; Cornwell, R. E.; Law Smith, M. J.; Al Dujaili, E. A. S.; Sharp, M.; Perrett, D. I. (2010). ["Evidence for the stress-linked immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in human male faces"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3030856). *Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences*. **278** (1706): 774–780. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1098/rspb.2010.1678](https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frspb.2010.1678). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [3030856](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3030856). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [20843854](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20843854).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Stirrat, M.; Perrett, D.I. (2010). "Valid Facial Cues to Cooperation and Trust: Male Facial Width and Trustworthiness". *Psychological Science*. **21** (3): 349–354. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1177/0956797610362647](https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0956797610362647). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [20424067](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20424067). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [23420343](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:23420343).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Perrett, D. I.; Lee, K. J.; Penton-Voak, I.; Rowland, D.; Yoshikawa, S.; Burt, D. M.; Henzi, S. P.; Castles, D. L.; Akamatsu, S. (1998). ["Effects of sexual dimorphism on facial attractiveness"](https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1599110). *Nature*. **394** (6696): 884–887. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[1998Natur.394..884P](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998Natur.394..884P). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1038/29772](https://doi.org/10.1038%2F29772). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [9732869](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9732869). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [204999982](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:204999982).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Putting beauty back in the eye of the beholder](http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/archive/archive_home.cfm?volumeID=15&editionID=76&ArticleID=352), *The Psychologist*, January 2002, Award Article for BPS President's Award.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Vision Scientist Wins Golden Brain Award for Research Showing How the Brain Interprets Faces](http://brain.berkeley.edu/the-golden-brains/press/perrett-press.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110718223401/http://brain.berkeley.edu/the-golden-brains/press/perrett-press.html) 2011-07-18 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), The Minerva Foundation.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["EPS Mid-Career Award 2008 Seeing the future: Natural image sequences produce "anticipatory" neuronal activity and bias perceptual report"](http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~mwo/Papers/Perret_etal_QJEP_2009.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved 18 August 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [British Academy Wolfson Research Professorships 2009](http://www.wolfson.org.uk/grant-applicants/education/research-prof/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110930044544/http://www.wolfson.org.uk/grant-applicants/education/research-prof/) 2011-09-30 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CG&A_12-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CG&A_12-1) Tiddeman, Bernard; Burt, Michael; Perrett, David (2001). "Prototyping and transforming facial features for perception research". *IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications*. **21** (5): 42–50. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2001ICGA...21e..42T](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001ICGA...21e..42T). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1109/38.946630](https://doi.org/10.1109%2F38.946630). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[10023/1596](https://hdl.handle.net/10023%2F1596).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Perrett, David (2020). ["Charlie Gross: An inspiration"](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301008220301830). *Progress in Neurobiology*. **195** 101928. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.pneurobio.2020.101928](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.pneurobio.2020.101928). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[10023/24150](https://hdl.handle.net/10023%2F24150). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [33075448](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33075448). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [222814014](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:222814014). Retrieved 26 February 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Spillmann, Lothar (2003). ["Re-viewing 25 years of ECVP—A personal view"](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1068/p5112). *Perception*. **32** (7): 777–791. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1068/p5112](https://doi.org/10.1068%2Fp5112). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [12974564](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12974564). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [26492469](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:26492469). Retrieved 26 February 2023.

## Further reading

- "Face It: Average Just Isn't Beautiful", *[Chicago Sun-Times](/source/Chicago_Sun-Times)*, 17 March 1994.

- "Average Faces Get Low Beauty Rating", *[San Jose Mercury News](/source/San_Jose_Mercury_News)*, 17 March 1994.

- "[Why Boyzone has them swooning](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15921494.700-why-boyzone-has-them-swooning.html)", *[New Scientist](/source/New_Scientist)*, 29 August 1998.

- "[A bit on the side](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg16221924.300-a-bit-on-the-side.html)", *[New Scientist](/source/New_Scientist)*, 26 June 1999.

- "Playing the Mating Game: When will a woman go for the hunk or the hubby?", *[Newsweek](/source/Newsweek)*, 5 July 1999.

- "Top Brass: A voyage of discovery around the human mind; The 10 leading psychologists in Britain, as chosen by their peers", *[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)*, 14 October 2001.

- "Like father like husband", *[New Scientist](/source/New_Scientist)*, 2 February 2002.

## External links

- [Perception Lab](http://www.perceptionlab.com)

- [Profile at the University of St Andrews website](https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/persons/david-perrett)

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