Summary: <p><audio> </audio> </p><p>Can you tell a good leader from their face or their name? We'll look at the results of two new experiments to find out. Plus I talk to <a href="http://web.natur.cuni.cz/etologiecloveka/index.php/cz/lid%C3%A9/41-zuzana-%C5%A1t%C4%9Brbov%C3%A1">Zuzana Štěrbová</a> about her research on how childhood experiences impact our love lives.</p><p><a href="http://archive.org/download/pap-2017-07-04/pap-2017-07-04.mp3">Download the MP3</a> </p><p><b>Support me!</b><br> <a href="http://www.patreon.com/psychology">Support the podcast on Patreon</a> for as little as $1 and get access to the patron-only feed, including bonus podcasts and blogs not available elsewhere.</p><p><b>Rate me!</b><br> Rate, review, or listen <a href="http://www.robertburriss.com/itunes">in iTunes</a> or <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=63199&refid=stpr">in Stitcher.</a> </p><p><b>Read the transcript!</b><br> <a href="https://medium.com/@RobertBurriss/the-face-of-a-leader-2fbb4af2f66d">The Face of a Leader</a></p><p><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N_RowjIjYVc/WVoo-bxCRnI/AAAAAAAACCM/s_jQm6HjaO0id_E7j5z0hM7x77LemWqkwCLcBGAs/s1600/rushmore.jpg"></p><p><i>The faces carved on Mount Rushmore are among the greatest leaders in American history, but did their presidential faces help them to the top? <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kmagoon/3791975458">Kurt Magoon/Flickr</a></i></p><p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b> </p><p>Barton, D. N., & Halberstadt, J. (in press). A social Bouba/Kiki effect: A bias for people whose names match their faces. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-017-1304-x">Read summary</a></p><p>Re, D. E., & Rule, N. (in press). Distinctive facial cues predict leadership rank and selection. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167217712989">Read summary</a></p><p>Štěrbová, X., Bartova, K., Weiss, P., & Varella., V. J. (2017). Relationship with parents during childhood predicts age of the first love but not the first sexual experience in heterosexual and non-heterosexual individuals. Poster presented at the conference of the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association, Paris.<br> </p>
