Human psychophysiology is influenced by physical touch with a “breathing” robot

Witkower, Z., Cang, L., Bucci, P., MacLean, K., & Tracy, J.L (2025)

Emotion

Short-Term and Long-Term Mating Strategies Show Distinct Patterns of Attraction to Dominance and Prestige

Witkower, Z., & Rule, N. (2025)

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Smile variation leaks personality and increases the accuracy of interpersonal judgments

Witkower, Z., Tian, L., Tracy, J. L., & Rule, N. (2024)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Nexus, 3(9), 343-357.

The evolved nature of pride

Tracy, J. L., Mercadante, E., & Witkower, Z. (2024)

In L. Al-Shawaf & T. Shakelford (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Evolution and the Emotions. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK.

AI Hyperrealism: Why AI faces are perceived as more real than human ones

Miller, E., Steward, B., Witkower, Z., Sutherland, C., Krumhuber, E., & Dawel, A. (2023)

Psychological Science, 34(12), 1390-1403.

-Top-10 most influential outputs ever published in Psych Science (Altmetric, 2024)

-APEX Award for Excellence in AI/Robotics writing and publishing

Nonverbal displays of dominance and prestige: Evidence for cross-cultural and early-emerging recognition

Witkower, Z., Hill, A. K., Koster, J., Pun, A., Baron, A., & Tracy, J. L. (2023)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 153(2), 282-292.

Emotions do reliably co-occur with predicted facial signals: Comment on Durán and Fernandez-Dols (2021)

Witkower, Z., Rule, N. O., & Tracy, J. L. (2023)

Emotion, 23(3), 903-907.

Beyond the Fearful Ape Hypothesis: Humans are Also Supplicating and Appeasing Apes

Mercadante, E., Witkower, Z., Hohm, I., & Tracy, J. L. (2023)

Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46, e72.

Registered Report: Social face evaluation: Ethnicity-specific differences in the judgement of trustworthiness of faces and facial parts

Schmidt, I., Witkower, Z., Götz, F., & Stieger, S. (2022)

Scientific Reports, 12(18311), 1-17.

Is a downwards head tilt a cross-cultural signal of dominance? Evidence for a universal visual illusion

Witkower, Z., Hill, A. K., Koster, J., & Tracy, J. L. (2022)

Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-7.

The chicken and egg of pride and social rank

Witkower, Z., Mercadante, E., & Tracy, J. L. (2021)

Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13(2), 382-389.

Beyond face value: Evidence for the universality of bodily expressions of emotion

Witkower, Z., Hill, A. K., Koster, J., & Tracy, J. L. (2021)

Affective Science, 2(3), 221-229.

Can children recognize bodily expressions of emotion?

Witkower, Z., Tracy, J. L., Pun, A., & Baron, A. S. (2021)

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 45(4), 505-518.

The psychological structure, social consequences, function, and expression of pride experiences

Mercadante, E., Witkower, Z., & Tracy, J. L. (2021)

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 39, 130-135.

Evidence for distinct facial signals of reward, affiliation, and dominance from both perception and production tasks

Martin, J. D., Wood, A., Cox, W. T. L., Sievert, S., Nowak, R., Gilboa-Schectman, E. G., Zhao, F., Witkower, Z., Langbehn, A. T., & Niedenthal, P. M. (2021)

Affective Science, 2(1), 14-30.

Two signals of social rank: Prestige and dominance are associated with distinct nonverbal displays

Witkower, Z., Tracy, J. L., Cheng, J. T., & Henrich, J. (2020)

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 118(1), 89-120.

-Cited in the United Nations Human Development Report (2021-2022)

How and why head position changes the perception of facial expressions of emotion

Witkower, Z., & Tracy, J. L. (2020)

Emotion, 22(5), 931-944.

The evolution of pride and social hierarchy

Tracy, J. L., Mercadante, E., Witkower, Z., & Cheng, J. T. (2020)

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 62, 51-114.

We don’t make WEIRD faces: A brief history of emotion expression research in small-scale societies

Witkower, Z., & Tracy, J. L. (2020)

Evolution and Human Behavior, 41(5), 454-455 [commentary].

How affect shapes status: Distinct emotional experiences and expressions facilitate social hierarchy navigation

Witkower, Z., Mercadante, E., & Tracy, J. L. (2020)

Current Opinion in Psychology, 33, 18-22.

A facial action imposter: How head tilt influences perceptions of dominance from a neutral face

Witkower, Z., & Tracy, J. L. (2019)

Psychological Science, 30(6), 893-906.

Bodily communication of emotion: Evidence for extra-facial behavioral expressions and available coding systems

Witkower, Z. & Tracy, J. L. (2018)

Emotion Review, 11(2), 184-193.

Breaking the link between provocation and aggression: The role of mitigating information

Barlett, C. P., Witkower, Z., Mancini, C., Saleem, M. (2016)

Aggressive Behavior, 42(6), 555-562.

Predicting cyberbullying frequency in emerging adults: A longitudinal analysis

Barlett, C. P., Chamberlin, K., Witkower, Z. (2016)

Aggressive Behavior, 43(2), 147-154.