Piers L Cornelissen

Biographic Data

ID1565670
NAMEPiers L Cornelissen
GIVEN NAMESPiers L
FAMILY NAMECornelissen
SIGNATURECORNELISSEN P L
AFFILIATIONSNorthumbria University
ORCID0000-0002-2695-9581
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS25
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Can Adults Accurately Judge Child Weight Status

    Open AccessBethany J Ridley, Kristofor Mccarty et al.ARTICLEChildren2025

    There is a disconnect between the child size that people perceive to correspond to the different weight categories and the size criteria used by health professionals, and it is likely that this gap can only be bridged by training to recognise the medically based categories

  • The MapMe Body Scales

    Open AccessBethany J Ridley, Elizabeth H Evans et al.ARTICLEChildren2024

    Overall, the MapMe child body size scales provide an anthropometrically accurate, valid, reliable, and usable tool for size-related tasks and communication with adults regarding child weight

  • To give is better than to receive?' Couples massage significantly benefits both partners' wellbeing

    Open AccessSayuri M Naruse, Piers L Cornelissen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2020References: 21

    This experimental study evaluated the differential effects of 'giving' and 'receiving' massage on wellbeing in healthy but stressed couples. Forty-two volunteers started the study and of these, 38 (i.e. 19 couples) completed a 3-week massage course. Emotional stress and mental clarity were assessed before and after mutual massage between each pair of adults belonging to a couple at home. While massage benefitted both parties' wellbeing within a s…

  • How Does Variation in the Body Composition of Both Stimuli and Participant Modulate Self-Estimates of Men’s Body Size

    Open AccessVicki Groves, Piers L Cornelissen et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2019

    When measured in units of body mass index (BMI), how much variation in men's self-estimates of body size is caused by i) variation in participants' body composition and ii) variation in the apparent muscle mass and muscle tone of the stimuli being judged? To address this, we generated nine sets of male CGI bodies representing low, mid, and high muscle mass rendered at low, mid, and high muscle tone, from 18.75 to 40 BMI hse units. BMI hse units i…

  • Can we believe judgements of human physical attractiveness?

    Open AccessMartin J Tovée, Jennifer Taylor et al.ARTICLEEvolution and Human Behavior2017

  • Physical Attractiveness

    Open AccessMartin J Tovée, Piers L CornelissenCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Evolutionary…2016

  • Humans are not fooled by size illusions in attractiveness judgements

    Open AccessMargaret Bateson, Melissa Bateson et al.ARTICLEEvolution and Human Behavior2014

    Could signallers use size contrast illusions to dishonestly exaggerate their attractiveness to potential mates? Using composite photographs of women from three body mass index (BMI) categories designed to simulate small groups, we show that target women of medium size are judged as thinner when surrounded by larger women than when surrounded by thinner women. However, attractiveness judgements of the same target women were unaffected by this illu…

  • Differences in eye-movement patterns between anorexic and control observers when judging body size and attractiveness

    Open AccessHannah R George, Piers L Cornelissen et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Psychology2011References: 46

    Attentional biases may influence the eye-movements made when judging bodies and so alter the visual information sampled when making a judgment. This may lead to an overestimation of body size. We measured the eye-movements made by 16 anorexic observers and 16 age-matched controls when judging body size and attractiveness. We combined behavioural data with a novel eye-movement analysis technique that allowed us to apply spatial statistical techniq…

  • Patterns of eye movements when male and female observers judge female attractiveness, body fat and waist-to-hip ratio

    Open AccessPiers L Cornelissen, Peter Hancock et al.ARTICLEEvolution and Human Behavior2009

  • Preferences for body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio do not vary with observer age

    Hannah R George, Viren Swami et al.ARTICLEJournal of Evolutionary Psychology2008Cited by: 3References: 1

    Several studies have suggested that mate selection strategies alter with age, but the mechanism of this shift in mate strategy is unclear. Two possibilities suggest themselves. The first is that attractiveness preferences themselves alter, compensating for the changing mate value of the observer. Alternatively, the preferences may remain constant with observer age, but an individual may compensate for changes in their own relative attractiveness …

  • Color 3D bodies and judgements of human female attractiveness

    Open AccessKathryn L Smith, Piers L Cornelissen et al.ARTICLEEvolution and Human Behavior2007

  • Female and male perceptions of female physical attractiveness in front-view and profile

    Open AccessMartin J Tovée, Piers L CornelissenARTICLEBritish Journal of Psychology2001Cited by: 22

    Two important cues to female physical attractiveness are body mass index (BMI) and shape. In front view, it seems that BMI may be more important than shape; however, is it true in profile where shape cues may be stronger? There is also the question of whether men and women have the same perception of female physical attractiveness. Some studies have suggested that they do not, but this runs contrary to mate selection theory. This predicts that wo…