The Person Perception Program investigated how we extract, process and use information about other people. These abilities are critical to guiding everyday social interactions. Subtle cues to identity, gender, ethnicity, age, attractiveness, emotional state and focus of attention are effortlessly read from the face, body and voice. The focus of our research was on understanding the perceptual, cognitive, neural and evolutionary mechanisms underlying this impressive expertise, how these mechanisms emerge through development, and how these mechanisms might develop and function differently in people with neurodevelopmental disorders.
ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders
Our Centre was funded by the Australian Research Council to investigate five key areas including belief formation, language, memory, person perception, and reading. This website is no longer actively maintained as the CCD concluded in 2018. But you can find out information about past projects, research highlights, publications, initiatives, and the people who worked with us.
