Representative Publications
Thorstenson, C. A., Pazda, A. D., Young, S. G., & Elliot, A. J. (2018). Face color facilitates the disambiguation of confusing emotion expressions: Toward a social functional account of face color in emotion communication. Emotion, 19, 799-807.
Sacco, D. F., Bermond, A., & Young, S. G. (2016). Evidence for the lipstick effect at the level of automatic visual attention. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 10, 213-218.
Young, S. G., & Wilson, J. P. (2018). A minimal ingroup advantage in emotion identification confidence. Cognition and Emotion, 32, 192-199.
Young, S.G. (2015). The effect of red on male perceptions of female attractiveness: Moderation by baseline attractiveness of female faces. European Journal of Social Psychology, 45, 146-151.
Young, S.G., Elliot, A.E., Feltman, R, & Ambady, N. (2013). Red enhances the processing of facial expressions of anger. Emotion, 13, 380-384
Young, S.G., Brown, C.M., & Ambady, N. (2012). Priming natural or human-made environments directs attention to context-congruent threatening stimuli. Cognition and Emotion, 26, 927-933.
Jones, I.F., Young, S.G., & Claypool, H.M. (2011). Approaching the familiar: On the ability of mere exposure to direct approach and avoidance behaviors. Motivation and Emotion, 35, 383-392.
Young, S.G., & Hugenberg, K. (2010). Mere social categorization modulates identification of facial expressions of emotion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 964-977.