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Biography
Associate Professor Dr Amy Dawel is a clinical and cognitive psychologist at The Australian National University, where she leads the ANU Emotions and Faces Lab. Her research investigates emotion regulation and face perception, with a focus on how these processes support human connection and wellbeing. A current research priority involves understanding how people perceive and interact with AI-generated personas, including the detection of deepfake faces and the potential for human-machine collaboration to improve AI detection capabilities. This work has been featured in outlets such as The New York Times and National Geographic. Amy’s lab is also investigating relationships between AI chatbot use and children's wellbeing. Her research program is supported by the Australian Research Council and Australian Rotary Health, and has been recognised with the 2022 ACT Tall Poppy and 2023 McMichael Awards.
Qualifications
BA (Hons Psychology) ANU, PhD (Clinical Psychology) ANU
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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Faking It Isn’t Making It: Research Needs Spontaneous and Naturalistic Facial Expressions
Dawel, A., Krumhuber, E. G. & Palermo, R., 24 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Affective Science. 7, 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Eye believe you: Gaze direction affects the perceived believability of facial expressions displayed by computer-generated people
Haile, J. C., Palermo, R., Dawel, A., Krumhuber, E. G., Sutherland, C. & Bell, J., 27 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Cognition and Emotion. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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AI Hyperrealism: Why AI Faces Are Perceived as More Real Than Human Ones
Miller, E. J., Steward, B. A., Witkower, Z., Sutherland, C. A. M., Krumhuber, E. G. & Dawel, A., Dec 2023, In: Psychological Science. 34, 12, p. 1390-1403 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access112 Citations (Scopus) -
Social media use, mental health and sleep: A systematic review with meta-analyses
Ahmed, O., Walsh, E. I., Dawel, A., Alateeq, K., Espinoza Oyarce, D. A. & Cherbuin, N., 15 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Affective Disorders. 367, p. 701-712 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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The Expression Regulation Scale (ERS): Validation of Three Emotion Domains for Expressive Norms with Close and Distant Others in Private and Public Situations
Monaghan, C., Shou, Y., Mewton, P., Quayle, A. & Dawel, A., 6 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Assessment. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus)
Projects
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Developing Evidence-based Interventions to Prevent AI Chatbot Harms to Preteen Mental Health
Dawel, A. (PI), Calear, A. (CoI), Chen, J. (CoI), Cruwys, T. (CoI), Newman, E. (CoI) & Pasalich, D. (CoI)
1/02/26 → 31/01/27
Project: Research
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The psychology of perceiving artificial people
Dawel, A. (PI), Dunn, J. (CoI), Mohammadi, G. (CoI), Sutherland, C. (CoI) & Witkower, Z. (CoI)
1/01/26 → 31/12/29
Project: Research
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Reading facial expressions from real and virtual humans
Dawel, A. (PI), Palermo, R. (PI), Bell, J. (CoI), Krumhuber, E. (CoI) & Sutherland, C. (CoI)
1/07/22 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
Prizes
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2022 Young Tall Poppy Science Awards
Chu-Tan, J. (Recipient), Sturmberg, B. (Recipient), Bruggeman, K. (Recipient) & Dawel, A. (Recipient), 1 Oct 2022
Prize: Prizes and Awards