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Alex Jones Ph.D

Associate Professor of Psychological Data Science Β· Swansea University

I work on face perception, facial morphometrics, and the statistical methods used to study them β€” with a particular love for Bayesian inference. I teach Python for data analysis and statistical modelling, and have a long history of consulting with industry partners on behavioural data problems.

Recent papers

  • Jaeger, B., Jones, A. L., Satchell, L., Schild, C., & van Leeuwen, F. (2026). Who likes extraverts? Testing the interplay between perceiver needs and target appearance in impression formation. International Review of Social Psychology, 39(1): 2, 1–13. doi:10.5334/irsp.996 [πŸ“„]

  • Satchell, L. P., Hall, J., & Jones, A. L. (2025). Do we look at a threatening person’s face? The relationship between perception and observation of walking strangers. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. doi:10.1177/17470218251406631 [πŸ“„]

  • Kramer, R. S. S., Jones, A. L., Fitousi, D., & Tree, J. J. (2025). AI-generated images of familiar faces are indistinguishable from real photographs. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 10(70). doi:10.1186/s41235-025-00683-w [πŸ“„]

See my full list of publications.