Dr Tan Kok Wei | Lecturer in Psychology
Dr. Tan Kok Wei obtained his PhD in Psychology from the University of Nottingham in 2016, where he studied the effects of skin condition, specifically its colour and texture, on health perception in Asian faces.
Kok Wei completed his master degree in developmental psychology from the National University of Malaysia (UKM), from 2005 to 2007, where he examined the occurrence of private speech in young adults. Upon completion, he worked as a lecturer at the University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) for 4 years. He was also engaged by a community college, while pursuing his PhD, teaching child psychology related subjects.
Prior to joining University of Reading Malaysia in 2016, Kok Wei worked as the course writer for the Wawasan Open University (WOU) where he prepared academic modules for WOU’s students, in both Experimental Psychology and History and Systems of Psychology subjects.
His research focuses on face perception, specifically on judgment of apparent health and attractiveness, and their association with actual physical health.
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Telephone |
+60 7 268 6294 |
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LinkedIn profile |
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kok-wei_Tan |
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Speciality areas |
Perception |
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Highest qualification and awarding body |
PhD in Psychology, University of Nottingham, 2016 |
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UoRM programmes taught/supervised |
BSc (Hons) Psychology: |
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Research interests |
Face perception, specifically on attractiveness and apparent health. |
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Current projects |
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Recent publications |
Tan KW, & Stephen ID. (2018). Skin texture and colour predict perceived health in Asian faces. Evolution and Human Behavior. 39(3): 320-335 Stephen ID, Salter DLH, Tan KW, Tan CBY & Stevenson RJ. (2018) Sexual Dimorphism and Attractiveness in Asian and Caucasian Faces. Visual Cognition. DOI: 10.1080/13506285.2018.1475437 (IF 2014: 2.16) Tan, KW, Graf, BA, Mitra, SM, & Stephen ID. (2015). Daily Consumption of a Fruit and Vegetable Smoothie Alters Facial Skin Color. PlosOne. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0133445 Stephen, ID. & Tan, KW. (2015). Healthy body, healthy face? Evolutionary approaches to health perception. In: E. Sheppard & S. Haque (2015) Studies in contemporary psychology: A collection of critical essays. Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang Publishing. Tan, KW & Stephen, ID (2013). Colour detection thresholds in faces and colour patches. Perception, 42: 733 – 741. |
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