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Alan Kingstone
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Latest papers
Comparative Designs Reveal Preferences for Human-Generated Rather Than AI-Generated art.
Empirical studies of the arts · 2026 · senior author
The effect of face masks on the perception of trustworthiness and competence in individuals with autistic traits.
Perception · 2026 · senior author
Incomplete Faces Do but Masked Faces Do Not Affect Mind Perception.
Psychological reports · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $100,000
The effects of AI tools on motivation in general problem-solving tasks
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $83,870
What the Feed Feeds Back: Measuring Attention in Social Media Feeds and Its Implications for Body Image
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $187,099
The Medusa Effect: Visual abstraction and perceptions of mind
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
From the 150 most recent of 154 publications.
Comparative Designs Reveal Preferences for Human-Generated Rather Than AI-Generated art.
Jacobs O, Pazhoohi F, Mullen G, Kingstone A
The effect of face masks on the perception of trustworthiness and competence in individuals with autistic traits.
Pazhoohi F, Rostami-Aghoui M, Forby L, Aoki K, Kingstone A
Incomplete Faces Do but Masked Faces Do Not Affect Mind Perception.
Pazhoohi F, Aoki K, Kingstone A
Social Attention Through a New Lens: Autistic and ADHD Traits and Eye Occlusion Affect Gaze During Conversation Watching.
Dawson J, Martinez-Cedillo AP, Forby L, Karstadt B, Kingstone A, Foulsham T
Autistic Traits and Mind Wandering: A Correlational Study of Themes, Intentionality, and Temporal Focus.
Forby L, Pazhoohi F, Kingstone A
The Impact of Face Masks on Social Perception Is Age-Dependent.
Pazhoohi F, Rostami-Aghoui M, Pazhouhi S, Aoki K, Kingstone A
Mind wandering during five minutes of rest: Autistic traits, visual thought, and thinking about others.
Forby L, Porto GG, Kingstone A
Perceived intent drives gaze interpretation.
Gerlofs DJ, Roberts KH, Kingstone A
Sit, stand, and swivel: Posture affects visual exploration of panoramic scenes in virtual reality.
Mehrotra A, Silver C, Bischof WF, Kingstone A
Covert orienting: the dark matter of social attention.
Foulsham T, Kingstone A
The effects of AI tools on motivation in general problem-solving tasks
Principal investigators: Kingstone, Alan
What the Feed Feeds Back: Measuring Attention in Social Media Feeds and Its Implications for Body Image
Principal investigators: Libben, Maya
The Medusa Effect: Visual abstraction and perceptions of mind
Principal investigators: Kingstone, Alan
The real-world impact of implied social presence on human attention and health
Principal investigators: Onwumelu, Arinze
Keywords: Androgen Deprivation; Behaviour; Cancer; Clinicial; Eye Tracking; Health Issues; Sexual Norms; Social
Shifting focus: Examining the impact of mindfulness on visual attention and sexual response in women and gender-diverse individuals with and without sexual concerns
Principal investigators: Brotto, Lori
Virtual Reality Exposure for Vaginismus: A Replicated Single-Case Design
Principal investigators: Brotto, Lori Anne
Keywords: Dyspareunia; Exposure Therapy; Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder; Pelvic Floor; Sexual Dysfunction; Vaginismus; Virtual Reality
Mimicking human traffic using motile microorganisms in microfluidic networks
Principal investigators: Nicolau, Dan
Components of human attention
Principal investigators: Kingstone, Alan
Keywords: attention; human performance; biological relevance; mind perception; endogenous control; exogenous control; overt orienting; covert orienting; eye movements
Virtual Reality Exposure for the Treatment of Vaginismus: A Pilot Study
Principal investigators: Brown, Natalie B
Keywords: Exposure Therapy; Sexual Dysfunction; Treatment Outcome Research; Vaginismus; Virtual Reality
Human social attention
Principal investigators: Kingstone, Alan
Keywords: social attention; human behaviour; eye movements; social presence
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Francesca Capozzi and Jelena Ristic: 13 shared papers
- Alan Kingstone and Romeo Chua: 4 shared papers
- Jelena Ristic and Elina Birmingham: 3 shared papers
- Francesca Capozzi and Alan Kingstone: 2 shared papers
- Alan Kingstone and Charlotte Johnston: 2 shared papers
- Lori Brotto and Alan Kingstone: 1 shared paper
- Ipek Oruc and Alan Kingstone: 1 shared paper
- Alan Kingstone and Daniel Smilek: 1 shared paper
- Alan Kingstone and Jelena Ristic: 1 shared paper
- Alan Kingstone and Elina Birmingham: 1 shared paper
- Psychology
- Kinesiology, School of
- Département de psychologie
- Education, Faculty of
- Ophthalmology
- Sexology
- Other
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Romeo Chua
Kinesiology, School of
4 shared papers, latest 2020
Charlotte Johnston
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2017
Francesca Capozzi
Département de psychologie
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Elina Birmingham
Education, Faculty of
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Daniel Smilek
Psychology
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Jelena Ristic
Psychology
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Lori Brotto
Sexology
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Ipek Oruc
Ophthalmology
1 shared papers, latest 2008
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