Michael Stirrat
Professor
Psychological & Social Sciences
York St John University
United Kingdom
Biography
He studied for my first degree at Edinburgh University in Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence. After a brief foray in Brighton for the Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems postgraduate course at Sussex University, I returned to Scotland to work with Prof David Perrett on various Unilever funded contracts using computational techniques in the study of skin health, ageing, and face perception; He also became very involved in various public engagement projects. Latterly I enrolled as a student with Prof Perrett and gained a PhD focused upon the Psychology of Trust (Sexual Selection and Trust Games, 2009).
Research Interest
His current research focuses on person perception and cooperative decision-making, particularly trust but also aggression, leadership, group dynamics, and reproductive choices.
