Professor Tamsin Saxton

Professor

Department: Psychology

Tamsin joined Northumbria University in the Department of Psychology in September 2012, following posts at the Universities of St Andrews, Edinburgh, and Abertay Dundee.

Tamsin is a behavioural scientist who takes an evolutionary approach to understanding human behaviour. Her research programmes have spanned the development and nature of human mate choice judgements, the significance of biological traits in interpersonal perceptions, and the role of chemosignals in interpersonal interactions.

Tamsin is currently a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow, investigating the role of odour in parent-infant interactions.

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Key Publications

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Consistency of Eye Coloration Across Different Relationship Partners, Newman, A., Pollet, T., McCarty, K., Neave, N., Saxton, T. 1 Jan 2023, In: Archives of Sexual Behavior
Cross-modal associations of human body odour attractiveness with facial and vocal attractiveness provide little support for the backup signals hypothesis: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Třebický, V., Delplanque, S., Ferdenzi, C., Fink, B., Jelínková, L., Pátková, Ž., Roberts, S., Röder, S., Saxton, T., Schwambergová, D., Štěrbová, Z., Fialová, J., Havlíček, J. 1 Jan 2023, In: Evolution and Human Behavior
Are we measuring loneliness in the same way in men and women in the general population and in the older population? Two studies of measurement equivalence., Pollet, T., Thompson, A., Malcolm, C., McCarty, K., Saxton, T., Roberts, S. 29 Dec 2022, In: PLoS One
Extraversion is associated with advice network size, but not network density or emotional closeness to network members, Malcolm, C., Saxton, T., McCarty, K., Roberts, S., Pollet, T. 1 Jan 2021, In: Personality and Individual Differences
Facebook Social Use and Anxiety: A Replication Attempt, Sillence, E., Saxton, T., Pollet, T. 9 Jul 2021, In: Human Communication & Technology
Women’s Preferences for Men’s Facial Masculinity and Anticipations of Grandparental Care Provision, Saxton, T., Lefevre, C., Honekopp, J. 1 Mar 2021, In: Evolutionary Psychological Science
Children aged 7–9 prefer cuteness in baby faces, and femininity in women's faces, Saxton, T., Pollet, T., Panagakis, J., Round, E., Brown, S., Lobmaier, J. Nov 2020, In: Ethology
Hungry people prefer larger bodies and objects: The importance of testing boundary effects, Saxton, T., McCarty, K., Caizley, J., McCarrick, D., Pollet, T. 1 Aug 2020, In: British Journal of Psychology
Jealousy as a Function of Rival Characteristics: Two large replication studies and meta-analyses support gender differences in reactions to rival attractiveness but not dominance, Pollet, T., Saxton, T. 1 Oct 2020, In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Olfaction scaffolds the developing human from neonate to adolescent and beyond, Schaal, B., Saxton, T., Loos, H., Soussignan, R., Durand, K. 8 Jun 2020, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

PGR Supervision

Mark Ord The Bio-Social Influences Over Women’s Mate Choice Copying Start Date: 01/11/2012 End Date: 01/06/2018
Amy Newman Facial composition, body language, and interpersonal judgements: individual differences in partner choice. Start Date: 01/10/2016 End Date: 18/03/2020

Qualifications

Psychology PhD September 01 2005
MSc September 01 2004
French Literature BA September 01 1996
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2013

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