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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.
Education/Academic qualification
Psychology, PhD
1 Sept 2005 → 31 Dec 2099
Award Date: 1 Sept 2005
MSc
1 Sept 2004 → 31 Dec 2099
Award Date: 1 Sept 2004
French Literature, BA
1 Sept 1996 → 31 Dec 2099
Award Date: 1 Sept 1996
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Perceiving intimidation through kinematic cues in men’s gait
McCarty, K., Leslie, C., Anguera de la Rosa, A., Saxton, T. & Cornelissen, P., 29 Sept 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 13 p., 33489.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Consistency of Eye Coloration Across Different Relationship Partners
Newman, A. V., Pollet, T. V., McCarty, K., Neave, N. & Saxton, T. K., 1 Jan 2023, In: Archives of Sexual Behavior. 52, 1, p. 291-300 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. C., Röder, S., Saxton, T. K., Schwambergová, D., Štěrbová, Z., Fialová, J. T. & Havlíček, J., 1 Jan 2023, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 44, 1, p. 19-29 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. V., Thompson, A., Malcolm, C., McCarty, K., Saxton, T. & Roberts, S. G. B., 29 Dec 2022, In: PLoS One. 17, 12, 16 p., e0266167.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. G. B. & Pollet, T., 1 Jan 2021, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 168, 110311.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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