Academic Team

Dr Jasmine Lee Kar Wye | Lecturer in Psychology

Jasmine Lee Kar Wye

Dr Jasmine Lee received her PhD from the University of Nottingham in 2023. Her thesis was in the field of face recognition, specifically exploring the cognitive mechanisms (i.e., perception & attention) involved in self-face recognition. She used eye-tracking techniques and behavioral experimental paradigms to explore the self-face advantage phenomenon.

Her research has evolved to explore how modern digital environments—particularly social media and digital appearance modification tools—reshape our relationship with our appearance and fundamentally alter self-perception and identity formation. She investigates appearance satisfaction mechanisms, including both risk factors like appearance comparison and protective factors like self-compassion, while examining the broader societal implications of appearance-related stigma (lookism) in workplace and educational settings. Her work increasingly incorporates emerging areas such as the influence of nature-induced awe on psychological well-being and the role of intellectual humility in information processing.

Jasmine joined the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences at the University of Reading Malaysia in 2023, where she is currently teaching various psychology modules at an undergraduate level. Within the School, she serves as the Placement Coordinator for student placements and the Student Experience & Engagement Lead, as well as advisor to the Student Psychology Society. At the university level, she holds the position of Research Ethics Chair. She is also the Action Editor for Psychological Research Special Issue: Attention, Perception, and Recognition of the Self.

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Web profile	Professional Portfolio: https://jasminelkw29.wixsite.com/between-the-eyes LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasminekarwye/ ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1126-0583 Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=zUfvOFkAAAAJ
Speciality areas	Face Recognition Self-Face Processing Digital Technology & Identity Cognition & Perception Experimental Psychology Eye-Tracking and Behavioral Experimental Methods
Highest qualification and awarding body	PhD in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, 2023
UoRM programmes taught/supervised	PY1DMH Debates In Mental Health PY2BCH Behaviour Change PY2CBP Cognitive and Biology Psychology PY2PRP Professional Placement PY3SFP The Science of Face Processing PY3P Project
Research interests	Core Areas: Human face recognition and self-face processing Eye-tracking and visual attention Digital technology impact on self-perception and identity Appearance satisfaction mechanisms and body image Appearance-related stigma (lookism) in educational and workplace settings Emerging Areas: Nature-induced awe and psychological well-being
Current projects	Effects of Self-Edit on Self-Face Recognition: Evidence from dot-probe paradigm Developing a holistic model to investigate the cognitive and sociocultural determinants of social media-induced body dissatisfaction in Malaysian adolescents Malaysian Face Database Project: Developing a Malaysian face database Lookism Climate in Universities and Generation Z's Study: Exploring the mediating role of academic self-efficacy The AWEsome Project: Examining the effects of awe on wellbeing and cognitive functioning through virtual reality interventions and creating a database of awe-inspiring content From Classroom to Career: Developing Psychology Skills Portfolio for the Malaysian Context [funded by Teaching & Learning Enhancement Project (TLEP)]
Recent publications	Lee J.K.W., Wong H.K., Effects of Self-Editing on Self-Face Recognition: Evidence from dot-probe paradigm. Scientific Reports (under review; pre-registered on OSF: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/J3Q5U) Lee, J. K.W., Janssen, S. M.J., & Estudillo, A. J. (2024). No modulation effects of depressive traits on the self-face advantage. Personality and Individual Differences, 220, 112524.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112524 Lee, J.K.W., Janssen, S.M.J., Estudillo, A. J. (2022). A featural account for own-face processing? Looking for support from face inversion, composite face, and part -whole tasks. i-Perception, 13(4), 1-22, https://doi.org/10.1177/20416695221111409 Lee, J.K.W., Janssen, S.M.J., Estudillo, A. J. (2022). A more featural based processing for the self-face: An Eye-Tracking Study. Consciousness & Cognition, 105, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2022.103400 Lee, J.K.W., Janssen, S.M.J., Estudillo, A. J. (2022). Cultural modulation effects on the Self-Face Advantage: Do Caucasians find their own faces faster than Chinese? Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218221142158 Estudillo, A. J., Lee, J. K. W., Mennie, N., & Burns, E. (2020). No evidence of other‐race effect for Chinese faces in Malaysian non‐Chinese population. Applied Cognitive Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3609