Mag. Dr. Sonja Windhager
1030 Wien
Room : 5.120
Courses
Winter term 2026
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300062 SE Bachelor's Thesis
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300497 UE Scientific Writing in Biology
Summer term 2026
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300102 VO Human Behavioural Biology
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300361 SE+UE Practical Course: Human Behavioral Biology
Winter term 2025
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300497 UE Scientific Writing in Biology
Publications
Gallup, AC, Windhager, S & Eldakar, OT 2026, 'Faces reveal accurate information about overhand throwing ability in men', Animal Behaviour, vol. 237, 123621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123621
Swami, V, Tran, US, Voracek, M, Aavik, T, Ranjbar, HA, Adebayo, SO, Afhami, R, Ahmed, O, Aimé, A, Akel, M, Al Halbusi, H, Alexias, G, Ali, KF, Alp-Dal, N, Alsalhani, AB, Álvarez-Solas, S, Amaral, ACS, Andrianto, S, Aspden, T, Argyrides, M, Aruta, JJBR, Atkin, S, Ayandele, O, Baceviciene, M, Bahbouh, R, Ballesio, A, Barron, D, Bellard, A, Bender, SS, Beydaǧ, KD, Birovljević, G, Blackburn, MÈ, Borja-Alvarez, T, Borowiec, J, Bozogáňová, M, Bratland-Sanda, S, Browning, MHEM, Brytek-Matera, A, Burakova, M, Çakır-Koçak, Y, Camacho, P, Camilleri, VE, Cazzato, V, Cerea, S, Chaiwutikornwanich, A, Chaleeraktrakoon, T, Chambers, T, Chen, QW, Chen, X, Chien, CL, Chobthamkit, P, Choompunuch, B, Compte, EJ, Corrigan, J, Cosmas, G, Cowden, RG, Czepczor-Bernat, K, Czub, M, da Silva, WR, Dadfar, M, Dalley, SE, Dany, L, Datu, JAD, de Carvalho, PHB, de Holanda Coelho, GL, De Jesus, AOS, Debbabi, SH, Dhakal, S, Di Bernardo, F, Dimitrova, DD, Dion, J, Dixson, B, Donofrio, SM, Drysch, M, Du, H, Dzhambov, AM, El-Jor, C, Enea, V, Eskin, M, Farbod, F, Farrugia, L, Fian, L, Fisher, ML, Folwarczny, M, Frederick, DA, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M, Furnham, A, García, AA, Geller, S, Ghisi, M, Ghorbani, A, Martinez, MAG, Gradidge, S, Graf, S, Grano, C, Gyene, G, Hallit, S, Hamdan, M, Handelzalts, JE, Hanel, PHP, Hawks, SR, Hekmati, I, Helmy, M, Hill, T, Hina, F, Holenweger, G, Hřebíčková, M, Ijabadeniyi, OA, Imam, A, İnce, B, Irrazabal, N, Jankauskiene, R, Jiang, DY, Jiménez-Borja, M, Jiménez-Borja, V, Johnson, EM, Jovanović, V, Jović, M, Jović, M, Junqueira, ACP, Kahle, LM, Kantanista, A, Karakiraz, A, Karkin, AN, Kasten, E, Khatib, S, Khieowan, N, Kimong, PJ, Kiropoulos, L, Knittel, J, Kohli, N, Koprivnik, M, Kospakov, A, Król-Zielińska, M, Krug, I, Kuan, G, Kueh, YC, Kujan, O, Kukić, M, Kumar, S, Kumar, V, Lamba, N, Lauri, MA, Laus, MF, LeBlanc, LA, Lee, HJ, Lipowska, M, Lipowski, M, Lombardo, C, Lukács, A, Maïano, C, Malik, S, Manjary, M, Baldó, LM, Martinez-Banfi, M, Massar, K, Matera, C, McAnirlin, O, Mebarak, M, Mechri, A, Meireles, JFF, Mesko, N, Mills, J, Miyairi, M, Modi, R, Modrzejewska, A, Modrzejewska, J, Mulgrew, KE, Myers, TA, Namatame, H, Nassani, MZ, Nerini, A, Neto, F, Neto, J, Neves, AN, Ng, SK, Nithiya, D, O, J, Obeid, S, Oda-Montecinos, C, Olapegba, PO, Olonisakin, TT, Omar, SS, Örlygsdóttir, B, Özsoy, E, Otterbring, T, Pahl, S, Panasiti, MS, Park, Y, Patwary, MM, Pethö, T, Petrova, N, Pietschnig, J, Pourmahmoud, S, Prabhu, VG, Poštuvan, V, Prokop, P, Winter, VLR, Razmus, M, Ru, T, Rupar, M, Sahlan, RN, Hassan, MS, Šalov, A, Sapkota, S, Sarfo, JO, Sawamiya, Y, Schaefer, K, Schulte-Mecklenbeck, M, Seekis, V, Selvi, K, Sharifi, M, Shrivastava, A, Siddique, RF, Sigurdsson, V, Silkane, V, Šimunić, A, Singh, G, Slezáčková, A, Sundgot-Borgen, C, Hoor, GT, Tevichapong, P, Tipandjan, A, Todd, J, Togas, C, Tonini, F, Tovar-Castro, JC, Trangsrud, LKJ, Tripathi, P, Tudorel, O, Tylka, TL, Uyzbayeva, A, Vally, Z, Vanags, E, Vega, LD, Vicente-Arruebarrena, A, Vidal-Mollón, J, Vilar, R, Villegas, H, Vintilă, M, Wallner, C, White, MP, Whitebridge, S, Windhager, S, Wong, KY, Yau, EK, Yamamiya, Y, Yeung, VWL, Zanetti, MC, Zawisza, M, Zeeni, N, Zvaríková, M & Stieger, S 2025, 'Self-Compassion Around the World: Measurement Invariance of the Short Form of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS-SF) Across 65 Nations, 40 Languages, Gender Identities, and Age Groups', Mindfulness, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 1569-1596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-025-02560-5
Windhager, S, Schaefer, K & Fink, B 2025, 'From Calibrated Morphs to Facial Stimuli: The Beauty of a Statistically Informed Picture', American Journal of Human Biology, vol. 37, no. 5, e70048. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70048
Swami, V, Stieger, S, Voracek, M, Aavik, T, Ranjbar, HA, Adebayo, SO, Afhami, R, Ahmed, O, Aimé, A, Akel, M, Halbusi, HA, Alexias, G, Ali, KF, Alp-Dal, N, Alsalhani, AB, Álvarez-Solas, S, Amaral, ACS, Andrianto, S, Aspden, T, Argyrides, M, Aruta, JJBR, Atkin, S, Ayandele, O, Baceviciene, M, Bahbouh, R, Ballesio, A, Barron, D, Bellard, A, Bender, SS, Beydaǧ, KD, Birovljević, G, Blackburn, MÈ, Borja-Alvarez, T, Borowiec, J, Bozogáňová, M, Bratland-Sanda, S, Browning, MHEM, Brytek-Matera, A, Burakova, M, Çakır-Koçak, Y, Camacho, P, Camilleri, VE, Cazzato, V, Cerea, S, Chaiwutikornwanich, A, Chaleeraktrakoon, T, Chambers, T, Chen, QW, Chen, X, Chien, CL, Chobthamkit, P, Choompunuch, B, Compte, EJ, Corrigan, J, Cosmas, G, Cowden, RG, Czepczor-Bernat, K, Czub, M, da Silva, WR, Dadfar, M, Dalley, SE, Dany, L, Datu, JAD, de Carvalho, PHB, de Holanda Coelho, GL, De Jesus, AOS, Debbabi, SH, Dhakal, S, Di Bernardo, F, Dimitrova, DD, Dion, J, Dixson, B, Donofrio, SM, Drysch, M, Du, H, Dzhambov, AM, El-Jor, C, Enea, V, Eskin, M, Farbod, F, Farrugia, L, Fian, L, Fisher, ML, Folwarczny, M, Frederick, DA, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M, Furnham, A, García, AA, Geller, S, Ghisi, M, Ghorbani, A, Martinez, MAG, Gradidge, S, Graf, S, Grano, C, Gyene, G, Hallit, S, Hamdan, M, Handelzalts, JE, Hanel, PHP, Hawks, SR, Hekmati, I, Helmy, M, Hill, T, Hina, F, Holenweger, G, Hřebíčková, M, Ijabadeniyi, OA, Imam, A, İnce, B, Irrazabal, N, Jankauskiene, R, Jiang, DY, Jiménez-Borja, M, Jiménez-Borja, V, Johnson, EM, Jovanović, V, Jović, M, Jović, M, Junqueira, ACP, Kahle, LM, Kantanista, A, Karakiraz, A, Karkin, AN, Kasten, E, Khatib, S, Khieowan, N, Kimong, PJ, Kiropoulos, L, Knittel, J, Kohli, N, Koprivnik, M, Kospakov, A, Król-Zielińska, M, Krug, I, Kuan, G, Kueh, YC, Kujan, O, Kukić, M, Kumar, S, Kumar, V, Lamba, N, Lauri, MA, Laus, MF, LeBlanc, LA, Lee, HJ, Lipowska, M, Lipowski, M, Lombardo, C, Lukács, A, Maïano, C, Malik, S, Manjary, M, Baldó, LM, Martinez-Banfi, M, Massar, K, Matera, C, McAnirlin, O, Mebarak, MR, Mechri, A, Meireles, JFF, Mesko, N, Mills, J, Miyairi, M, Modi, R, Modrzejewska, A, Modrzejewska, J, Mulgrew, KE, Myers, TA, Namatame, H, Nassani, MZ, Nerini, A, Neto, F, Neto, J, Neves, AN, Ng, SK, Nithiya, D, Jiaqing, O, Obeid, S, Oda-Montecinos, C, Olapegba, PO, Olonisakin, TT, Omar, SS, Örlygsdóttir, B, Özsoy, E, Otterbring, T, Pahl, S, Panasiti, MS, Park, Y, Patwary, MM, Pethö, T, Petrova, N, Pietschnig, J, Pourmahmoud, S, Prabhu, VG, Poštuvan, V, Prokop, P, Ramseyer Winter, VL, Razmus, M, Ru, T, Rupar, M, Sahlan, RN, Hassan, MS, Šalov, A, Sapkota, S, Sarfo, JO, Sawamiya, Y, Schaefer, K, Schulte-Mecklenbeck, M, Seekis, V, Selvi, K, Sharifi, M, Shrivastava, A, Siddique, RF, Sigurdsson, V, Silkane, V, Šimunić, A, Singh, G, Slezáčková, A, Sundgot-Borgen, C, Hoor, GT, Tevichapong, P, Tipandjan, A, Todd, J, Togas, C, Tonini, F, Tovar-Castro, JC, Trangsrud, LKJ, Tripathi, P, Tudorel, O, Tylka, TL, Uyzbayeva, A, Vally, Z, Vanags, E, Vega, LD, Vicente-Arruebarrena, A, Vidal-Mollón, J, Vilar, R, Villegas, H, Vintilă, M, Wallner, C, White, MP, Whitebridge, S, Windhager, S, Wong, KY, Yau, EK, Yamamiya, Y, Yeung, VWL, Zanetti, MC, Zawisza, M, Zeeni, N, Zvaríková, M & Tran, US 2025, 'Life satisfaction around the world: Measurement invariance of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups', PLoS ONE, vol. 20, no. 1, e0313107. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313107
Windhager, S, Kronsteiner, K & Schäfer, K 2025, A medium-height premium? Attributed competence peaks while dominance rises linearly in body height-calibrated male faces in a WEIRD population. in The 18th annual Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS) conference. The 18th annual Northeastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS) conference, United States, 9/06/25.
Obrochta, WM, Brittain, RSA, Windhager, S, Nenko, I, Klimek, M, Galbarczyk, A, Jasienska, G & Marcinkowska, UM 2025, Are facial measures biomarkers of a risk of cardiometabolic diseases in postmenopausal women? in Annual Meeting of the Human Behaviour and Evolution Association (EHBEA). Annual Meeting of the Human Behaviour and Evolution Association (EHBEA), Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 14/04/25.
Obrochta, WM, Klimek, M, Windhager, S, Brittain, RSA, Nenko, I, Galbarczyk, A, Jasienska, G & Marcinkowska, UM 2025, Facial measurements in relation to metabolic disorders and hypertension in postreproductive women. in The 36th Conference of the Human Behavior & Evolution Society (HBES). The 36th Conference of the Human Behavior & Evolution Society (HBES), New Jersey, United States, 4/06/25.
Marcinkowska, UM, Obrochta, WM, Galbarczyk, A, Jasienska, G, Kleisner, K, Klimek, M & Windhager, S 2025, Variations in facial metrics based on measurement techniques employed, exemplified with asymmetry and averageness. in The 11th Conference of the Polish Society for Human and Evolution Studies (PTNCE). 11th Conference of the Polish Society for Human and Evolution Studies (PTNCE), Wroclaw, Poland, 22/09/25.
Aydık, F, Ertuğrul, B, Windhager, S & Özener, B 2024, 'Associations of facial shape with physical strength and 2D:4D in a Turkish male and female sample', American Journal of Human Biology, vol. 36, no. 11, e24155. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.24155
Swami, V, White, MP, Voracek, M, Tran, US, Aavik, T, Ranjbar, HA, Adebayo, SO, Afhami, R, Ahmed, O, Aimé, A, Akel, M, Al Halbusi, H, Alexias, G, Ali, KF, Alp-Dal, N, Alsalhani, AB, Álvarez-Solas, S, Soares Amaral, AC, Andrianto, S, Aspden, T, Argyrides, M, Aruta, JJBR, Atkin, S, Ayandele, O, Baceviciene, M, Bahbouh, R, Ballesio, A, Barron, D, Bellard, A, Bender, SS, Beydaǧ, KD, Birovljević, G, Blackburn, MÈ, Borja-Alvarez, T, Borowiec, J, Bozogáňová, M, Bratland-Sanda, S, Browning, MHEM, Brytek-Matera, A, Burakova, M, Çakır-Koçak, Y, Camacho, P, Camilleri, VE, Cazzato, V, Cerea, S, Chaiwutikornwanich, A, Chaleeraktrakoon, T, Chambers, T, Chen, QW, Chen, X, Chien, CL, Chobthamkit, P, Choompunuch, B, Compte, EJ, Corrigan, J, Cosmas, G, Cowden, RG, Czepczor-Bernat, K, Czub, M, Roberto da Silva, W, Dadfar, M, Dalley, SE, Dany, L, Datu, JAD, Berbert de Carvalho, PH, Lins de Holanda Coelho, G, De Jesus, AOS, Debbabi, SH, Dhakal, S, Di Bernardo, F, Dimitrova, DD, Dion, J, Dixson, B, Donofrio, SM, Drysch, M, Du, H, Dzhambov, AM, El-Jor, C, Enea, V, Eskin, M, Farbod, F, Farrugia, L, Fian, L, Fisher, ML, Folwarczny, M, Frederick, DA, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M, Furnham, A, García, AA, Geller, S, Ghisi, M, Ghorbani, A, Gomez Martinez, MA, Gradidge, S, Graf, S, Grano, C, Gyene, G, Hallit, S, Hamdan, M, Handelzalts, JE, Hanel, PHP, Hawks, SR, Hekmati, I, Helmy, M, Hill, T, Hina, F, Holenweger, G, Hřebíčková, M, Ijabadeniyi, OA, Imam, A, İnce, B, Irrazabal, N, Jankauskiene, R, Jiang, DY, Jiménez-Borja, M, Jiménez-Borja, V, Johnson, EM, Jovanović, V, Jović, M, Jović, M, Pereira Junqueira, AC, Kahle, LM, Kantanista, A, Karakiraz, A, Karkin, AN, Kasten, E, Khatib, S, Khieowan, N, Kimong, PJ, Kiropoulos, L, Knittel, J, Kohli, N, Koprivnik, M, Kospakov, A, Król-Zielińska, M, Krug, I, Kuan, G, Kueh, YC, Kujan, O, Kukić, M, Kumar, S, Kumar, V, Lamba, N, Lauri, MA, Laus, MF, LeBlanc, LA, Lee, HJ, Lipowska, M, Lipowski, M, Lombardo, C, Lukács, A, Maïano, C, Malik, S, Manjary, M, Baldó, LM, Martinez-Banfi, M, Massar, K, Matera, C, McAnirlin, O, Mebarak, MR, Mechri, A, Filgueiras Meireles, JF, Mesko, N, Mills, J, Miyairi, M, Modi, R, Modrzejewska, A, Modrzejewska, J, Mulgrew, KE, Myers, TA, Namatame, H, Nassani, MZ, Nerini, A, Neto, F, Neto, J, Neves, AN, Ng, SK, Nithiya, D, O, J, Obeid, S, Oda-Montecinos, C, Olapegba, PO, Olonisakin, TT, Omar, SS, Örlygsdóttir, B, Özsoy, E, Otterbring, T, Pahl, S, Panasiti, MS, Park, Y, Patwary, MM, Pethö, T, Petrova, N, Pietschnig, J, Pourmahmoud, S, Prabhu, VG, Poštuvan, V, Prokop, P, Ramseyer Winter, VL, Razmus, M, Ru, T, Rupar, M, Sahlan, RN, Hassan, MS, Šalov, A, Sapkota, S, Sarfo, JO, Sawamiya, Y, Schaefer, K, Schulte-Mecklenbeck, M, Seekis, V, Selvi, K, Sharifi, M, Shrivastava, A, Siddique, RF, Sigurdsson, V, Silkane, V, Šimunić, A, Singh, G, Slezáčková, A, Sundgot-Borgen, C, Hoor, GT, Tevichapong, P, Tipandjan, A, Todd, J, Togas, C, Tonini, F, Tovar-Castro, JC, Jepsen Trangsrud, LK, Tripathi, P, Tudorel, O, Tylka, TL, Uyzbayeva, A, Vally, Z, Vanags, E, Vega, LD, Vicente-Arruebarrena, A, Vidal-Mollón, J, Vilar, R, Villegas, H, Vintilă, M, Wallner, C, Whitebridge, S, Windhager, S, Wong, KY, Yau, EK, Yamamiya, Y, Lan Yeung, VW, Zanetti, MC, Zawisza, M, Zeeni, N, Zvaríková, M & Stieger, S 2024, 'Exposure and connectedness to natural environments: An examination of the measurement invariance of the Nature Exposure Scale (NES) and Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups', Journal of Environmental Psychology, vol. 99, 102432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102432
Schäfer, K, Seidl-Berger, A & Windhager, S 2024, 'Early developmental masculinization among boys: More prenatal testosterone action (assessed via 2D:4D) renders their faces perceived as masculine but not pretty or cute', Early Human Development, vol. 195, 106071, pp. 106071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.106071
Horn, L, Windhager, S, Juricka, N, Bugnyar, T, Massen, JJM & Markova, G 2024, 'Investigating the effects of prenatal testosterone exposure (via 2D:4D) and socio-relational factors on 3-6-year-old preschoolers' prosocial choices', Early Human Development, vol. 195, 106055, pp. 106055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.106055
Schäfer, K, Seiser, VM, Prucha, S, Kerschbaumer, V, Fink, B & Windhager, S 2024, 'Male facial cues to physical strength in Europe: Medium-strength preference and higher aggressiveness attribution to the weakest', American Journal of Human Biology, vol. 36, no. 6, e24040. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.24040
Schröder, M, Windhager, S, Schäfer, K, Müller, G & Ahnelt, H 2024, Developmental Adaptability of Bony Armor in the Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus: Insights from Symmetry Analyses.
Schäfer, K, Butovskaya, ML, Mabulla, AZP, Fink, B & Windhager, S 2024, Male facial cues to high stature among Europeans and Maasai augment perceptions of aggressiveness. in HBES 2024 – The 35th Annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society Conference. <https://www.hbes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/HBES-2024-conference-booklet_v5.pdf>
Windhager, S, Fink, B, Butovskaya, ML, Mabulla, AZP & Schäfer, K 2024, Male facial cues to low muscular strength elevate attributed aggressiveness within and beyond Europeans. in HBES 2024 – The 35th Annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society Conference. <https://www.hbes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/HBES-2024-conference-booklet_v5.pdf>
Swami, V, Tran, US, Stieger, S, Aavik, T, Ranjbar, HA, Adebayo, SO, Afhami, R, Ahmed, O, Aimé, A, Akel, M, Halbusi, HA, Alexias, G, Ali, KF, Alp-Dal, N, Alsalhani, AB, Álvares-Solas, S, Amaral, ACS, Andrianto, S, Aspden, T, Argyrides, M, Aruta, JJBR, Atkin, S, Ayandele, O, Baceviciene, M, Bahbouh, R, Ballesio, A, Barron, D, Bellard, A, Bender, SS, Beydağ, KD, Birovljević, G, Blackburn, M-È, Borja-Alvarez, T, Borowiec, J, Bozogáňová, M, Bratland-Sanda, S, Browning, MHEM, Brytek-Matera, A, Burakova, M, Çakır-Koçak, Y, Camacho, P, Camilleri, VE, Cazzato, V, Cerea, S, Chaiwutikornwanich, A, Chaleeraktrakoon, T, Chambers, T, Chen, Q-W, Chen, X, Chien, C-L, Chobthamkit, P, Choompunuch, B, Compte, EJ, Corrigan, J, Cosmas, G, Cowden, RG, Czepczor-Bernat, K, Czub, M, da Silva, WR, Dadfar, M, Dalley, SE, Dany, L, Datu, JAD, Berbert de Carvalho, PH, Coelho, GLDH, De Jesus, AOS, Debbabi, SH, Dhakal, S, Di Bernardo, F, Dimitrova, DD, Dion, J, Dixson, B, Donofrio, SM, Drysch, M, Du, H, Dzhambov, AM, El-Jor, C, Enea, V, Eskin, M, Farbod, F, Farrugia, L, Fian, L, Fisher, ML, Folwarczny, M, Frederick, DA, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M, Furnham, A, García, AA, Geller, S, Ghisi, M, Ghorbani, A, Martinez, MAG, Gradidge, S, Graf, S, Grano, C, Gyene, G, Hallit, S, Hamdan, M, Handelzalts, JE, Hanel, PHP, Hawks, SR, Hekmati, I, Helmy, M, Hill, T, Hina, F, Holenweger, G, Hřebíčková, M, Ijabadeniyi, OA, Imam, A, İnce, B, Irrazabal, N, Jankauskiene, R, Jiang, D-Y, Jiménez-Borja, M, Jiménez-Borja, V, Johnson, EM, Jovanović, V, Jović, M, Jović, M, Junqueira, ACP, Kahle, L-M, Kantanista, A, Karakiraz, A, Karkin, AN, Kasten, E, Khatib, S, Khieowan, N, Kimong, PJ, Kiropoulos, L, Knittel, J, Kohli, N, Koprivnik, M, Kospakov, A, Król-Zielińska, M, Krug, I, Kuan, G, Kueh, YC, Kujan, O, Kukić, M, Kumar, S, Kumar, V, Lamba, N, Lauri, MA, Laus, MF, LeBlanc, LA, Lee, HJ, Lipowska, M, Lipowski, M, Lombardo, C, Lukács, A, Maïano, C, Malik, S, Manjary, M, Baldó, LM, Martinez-Banfi, M, Massar, K, Matera, C, McAnirlin, O, Mebarak, MR, Mechri, A, Meireles, JFF, Mesko, N, Mills, J, Miyairi, M, Modi, R, Modrzejewska, A, Modrzejewska, J, Mulgrew, KE, Myers, TA, Namatame, H, Nassani, MZ, Nerini, A, Neto, F, Neto, J, Neves, AN, Ng, S-K, Nithiya, D, O, J, Obeid, S, Oda-Montecinos, C, Olapegba, PO, Olonisakin, TT, Omar, SS, Örlygsdóttir, B, Özsoy, E, Otterbring, T, Pahl, S, Panasiti, MS, Park, Y, Patwary, MM, Pethö, T, Petrova, N, Pietschnig, J, Pourmahmoud, S, Prabhu, VG, Poštuvan, V, Prokop, P, Ramseyer Winter, VL, Razmus, M, Ru, T, Rupar, M, Sahlan, RN, Hassan, MS, Šalov, A, Sapkota, S, Sarfo, JO, Sawamiya, Y, Schaefer, K, Schulte-Mecklenbeck, M, Seekis, V, Selvi, K, Sharifi, M, Shrivastava, A, Siddique, RF, Sigurdsson, V, Silkane, V, Šimunić, A, Singh, G, Slezáčková, A, Sundgot-Borgen, C, Ten Hoor, G, Tevichapong, P, Tipandjan, A, Todd, J, Togas, C, Tonini, F, Tovar-Castro, JC, Trangsrud, LKJ, Tripathi, P, Tudorel, O, Tylka, TL, Uyzbayeva, A, Vally, Z, Vanags, E, Vega, LD, Vicente-Arruebarrena, A, Vidal-Mollón, J, Vilar, R, Villegas, H, Vintilă, M, Wallner, C, White, MP, Whitebridge, S, Windhager, S, Wong, KY, Yau, EK, Yamamiya, Y, Yeung, VWL, Zanetti, MC, Zawisza, M, Zeeni, N, Zvaríková, M & Voracek, M 2023, 'Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age', Body Image, vol. 46, pp. 449-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.07.010
Windhager, S, Ottendorfer, T, Mabulla, A, Butovskaya, M, Fink, B & Schaefer, K 2023, 'Perception of strength, attractiveness and aggressiveness of Maasai male faces calibrated to handgrip strength: Evidence from a European sample', American Journal of Human Biology, vol. 35, no. 6, e23869. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23869
Schröder, M, Windhager, S, Schaefer, K & Ahnelt, H 2023, 'Adaptability of Bony Armor Elements of the Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus (Teleostei: Gasterosteidae): Ecological and Evolutionary Insights from Symmetry Analyses', Symmetry, vol. 15, no. 4, 811. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym15040811
Butovskaya, ML, Mezentseva, A, Mabulla, A, Shackelford, TK, Schaefer, K, Fink, B & Windhager, S 2022, 'Facial cues to physical strength increase attractiveness but decrease aggressiveness assessments in male Maasai of Northern Tanzania', Evolution and Human Behavior, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 115–121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2021.11.006
Talks
Polygenic risk scores and phenotypic associations of stature with human life-course reproduction, behavior, and socioeconomic status in two U.S. cohorts
Variations in facial metrics based on measurement techniques employed, exemplified with asymmetry and averageness
A medium-height premium? Attributed competence peaks while dominance rises linearly in body height-calibrated male faces in a WEIRD population
Are facial measures biomarkers of a risk of cardiometabolic diseases in postmenopausal women?
First impressions from faces in the WEIRDs
Male facial cues to high stature among Europeans and Maasai augment perceptions of aggressiveness
Male facial cues to low muscular strength elevate attributed aggressiveness within and beyond Europeans
Gesichter sichten: Komponenten des ersten Eindrucks im menschlichen Verhalten
Beautiful is good? Geometric morphometrics depicts children’s facial appearance in relation to expected grades by prospective and current teachers
Visual (Face) Stimuli Workshop: How to create visual stimuli useful for research at the intersection of cognition and biology How to measure them effectively using TPS software (based on the Geometric Morphometric approach)
Der erste Eindruck: Was in menschlichen Gesichtern steckt
Evolutionary tricks in perception of leader’s appearance
The Face of a Leader: combining behavioral experiments with geometric morphometrics
Facial shape changes with age: What geometric morphometrics can tell us
Facial Appearance Shapes Teachers’ Assessments at Zero-Acquaintance: Lessons from Geometric Morphometrics
Female aging has its turns: facial shape and its perception in humans
Cooperative Face: experimental study on facial morphology and pro-sociality in Buryats
Human facial aging trajectories: menopause alters and speeds up changes in female appearance
Facial aging is sex-specific
Shaping rating studies: social perception of facial morphs calibrated by body fat
Children’s prosocial sharing in a resource allocation paradigm constrained by physical properties, not by conventional rules
Geometric morphometrics: A powerful tool to compare aesthetic experience and biological causes of facial shape variation
Genetic effects on facial fluctuating asymmetry: insights from single nucleotide polymorphisms
A new face for Biological Anthropology: integrating eco-phenotypic variation and perception
A comparative approach to social behavior in children
Snap judgments from male and female faces: insights from geometric morphometrics
Human biophilia—a glimpse into the past?
Comparative Primatology: Genetic analyses of dopamine receptors, dopamine transporter and catechol-o-methyl transferase according to the mesolimbic reward system
Genetic variation at candidate genes involved in the determination of the human face are not associated with facial fluctuating asymmetry
Of cars and faces: assessing facial shape cues using geometric morphometrics
Facial masculinity concepts reconsidered: a tribute to biology.
Single nucleotide polymorphisms: a promising approach to homozygosity and facial asymmetry?
Powerful methods for dominant faces: relating facial shape to physical measures and social perception using geometric morphometrics
A geometric morphometric approach to ontogenetic and static allometry in human faces, and their implications for social perception
It’s in their face: quantifying ontogenetic and static allometry in human male faces.
Increasing facial evidence: geometric morphometric approaches for relating facial shape to physical and perceptual measures.
In the face of time: a geometric morphometric approach to growth and ageing in the male face
Eye catchers: direct behavioral observation of responses to social and natural stimuli in a real-life situation
Digit ratio and facial shape: companions for life?
Facial dominance: quantifying biological and social shape cues
Facial features in cars: an application of geometric morphometrics
Psychomorphospace—Mapping perception onto morphology with geometric morphometrics (applied to aging).
Principles of growth perception: does the human face processing pathway generalize to cars?
Generalizing morphological correlates of maturity: Visualization and perception.
Car fronts as (human) faces: Overperception errors as evolutionary stable strategy?
From biology to perception by way of the face: the role of geometric morphometrics in interdisciplinary ethological studies.
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