Dr Mila Mileva
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Dr Mila Mileva

Lecturer in Psychology

School of Psychology (Faculty of Health)

Dr Mila Mileva can be contacted through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on these areas of expertise.
  • Psychology
  • Social evaluation
  • Facial perception
  • Facial recognition
  • Online research methods
  • Quantitative research
Biography

Biography

Lecturer in Psychology 

Qualifications

  • 2017-2020 - Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of York, York, UK
  • 2014-2017 - PhD Psychology, University of York, York, UK
  • 2012-2013 - MSc Research Methods in Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
  • 2009-2012 - BSc (Hons) Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK

Professional membership

  • Experimental Psychology Society
  • Cognitive Science Society
  • Applied Vision Association
Research

Research

Research interests

Even though we are constantly reminded not to judge a book by its cover, we form a first impression every time we meet someone new. These first impressions are formed within a few milliseconds and can influence many of our behaviours, decisions and attitudes. My research is mainly focused on first impressions and aims to explore how we make such judgements from different modalities and sources of information such as the human face and voice, as well as the way they are integrated together to form multimodal impressions. I am also interested in person perception and recognition from both faces and voices. My research is particularly focused on the role of person variability which describes the idea that different images or voice recordings of the same person might look/sound very different from one another and that could affect both person recognition as well as social impressions. 

Research groups

Publications

Publications

Key publications

Key publications are highlighted

Journals
Articles
Sexton L, Mileva M, Graham H, Strathie A & Laurence S (2024) 'Recognising newly learned faces across changes in age' Visual Cognition 617-632 , DOI Open access
Coutts C, Longmore C & Mileva M (2023) 'Facial first impressions following a prison sentence: Negative shift in trait ratings but the same underlying structure' Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 111, , DOI Open access
Andrews T, Rogers D, Mileva M, Watson D, Wang A & Burton AM (2023) 'A narrow band of image dimensions is critical for face recognition' Vision Research 212, , DOI Open access
Baldassari MJ, Moore KN, Hyman IE, Hope L, Mah EY, Lindsay DS, Mansour J, Saraiva R, Horry R & Rath H (2023) 'Correction: The effect of pre-event instructions on eyewitness identification' Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications 8, (1) , DOI
Tompkinson J, Mileva M, Watt D & Mike Burton A (2023) 'Perception of threat and intent to harm from vocal and facial cues' Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology , DOI Open access
Baldassari MJ, Moore KN, Hyman, Jr IE, Hope L, Mah EY, Lindsay DS, Mansour J, Saraiva R, Horry R & Rath H (2023) 'The Effect of Pre-Event Instructions on Eyewitness Identification' Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications 8, , DOI Open access
Mileva M & Lavan N (2023) 'Trait impressions from voices are formed rapidly within 400ms of exposure' Journal of Experimental Psychology: General , DOI Open access
Lavan N, Mileva M, Young A, Burton AM & McGettigan C (2021) 'Trait evaluations of faces and voices: Comparing within- and between-person variability' Journal of Experimental Psychology: General , DOI Open access
Ritchie K, Kramer R, Mileva M, Sandford A & Burton AM (2021) 'Multiple-image arrays in face matching tasks with and without memory' Cognition 211, , DOI Open access
Lavan N, Mileva M & McGettigan C (2020) 'How does familiarity with a voice affect trait judgements?' British Journal of Psychology 112, (1) 282-300 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
Mileva M, Young AW, Jenkins R & Burton AM (2019) 'Facial identity across the lifespan' Cognitive Psychology 116, 0-0 , DOI Open access
Mileva M & Burton AM (2019) 'Face search in CCTV surveillance' Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications 4, (1) , DOI Open access
Mileva M, Tompkinson J, Watt D & Burton AM (2019) 'The role of face and voice cues in predicting the outcome of student representative elections' Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 46, (4) 617-625 , DOI Open access
Mileva M, Young AW, Kramer RSS & Burton AM (2019) 'Understanding facial impressions between and within identities' Cognition 190, 184-198 , DOI Open access
Mileva M, Kramer RSS & Burton AM (2019) 'Social Evaluation of Faces Across Gender and Familiarity' Perception 48, (6) 471-486 , DOI Open access
Kramer RSS, Mileva M & Ritchie KL (2018) 'Inter-rater agreement in trait judgements from faces' PLOS ONE 13, (8) e0202655-e0202655 , DOI Open access
Mileva M & Burton AM (2018) 'Smiles in face matching: Idiosyncratic information revealed through a smile improves unfamiliar face matching performance' British Journal of Psychology 109, (4) 799-811 , DOI Open access
Mileva M, Tompkinson J, Watt D & Burton AM (2018) 'Audiovisual integration in social evaluation' Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 44, (1) 128-138 , DOI Open access
Hills PJ, Mileva M, Thompson C & Pake JM (2016) 'Carryover of scanning behaviour affects upright face recognition differently to inverted face recognition' Visual Cognition 24, (9-10) 459-472 , DOI Open access
Presentations and posters
Sexton L, Strathie A, Hole G, Mileva M & Laurence S Sexton L, Strathie A, Hole G, Mileva M & Laurence S 'Recognising Older and Younger Faces: Mixed Evidence for an Ageing Asymmetry Effect' Author Site , DOI
Rogers D, Andrews T & Mileva M Rogers D, Andrews T & Mileva M 'A NARROW BAND OF IMAGE DIMENSIONS IS CRITICAL FOR THE LEARNING AND RECOGNITION OF FACE IDENTITY' , DOI
Other Publications
Lavan N, Mileva M & McGettigan C How does familiarity with a person affect trait ratings?. , DOI
Personal

Personal

Other academic activities

Conference and Invited Presentations
Jan 2020 - Mileva, M., Young, A. W., Jenkins, R., & Burton, A. M. Facial identity across the lifespan. Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, London, UK
Oct 2019 - Multimodal Person Perception and Recognition - School of Psychology, University of Lincoln
Oct 2019 - Multimodal Person Perception and Recognition - Department of Psychology, University of York
 July 2019 - Mileva, M. & Burton, A. M. Face search in CCTV surveillance. Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, Bournemouth, UK
July 2018 - Mileva, M. & Burton, A. M. Face search: Identification from real surveillance. 4th Northeast Face and Person Perception Workshop, Durham, UK
Oct 2017 - Mileva, M., Kramer, R. S. S., & Burton, A. M. Social evaluation across gender and familiarity. Face Recognition at its Best, International Workshop, London UK.
Sept 2016 - Mileva, M., Kramer, R. S. S., & Burton, A. M. Manipulating social perceptions from faces within a single identity. British Psychological Society Cognitive Psychology Section Annual Conference, Barcelona, Spain
Mar 2016 - Mileva, M., Kramer, R. S. S., & Burton, A. M. Manipulating social perceptions from faces within a single identity. 2nd Northeast Face and Person Perception Workshop, York, UK
Apr 2012 - Mileva M., Hills, P. J., & Pake, M. J. Carryover of scanning behaviour in natural scenes. Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, Hull, UK


Additional information

Public Engagement
  • May 2019 - Pint of Science Festival - The Winning Post, York, UK - Big Brother is watching but is he really seeing? – Identification from CCTV
  • June 2016 - Sixth Form Conference - University of York, UK - Interactive face research demonstrations
  • June 2016 - Psych! York (York Festival of Ideas) - Guildhall, York, UK - Day of interactive psychology exhibits 
  • Sept 2015 - European Researchers’ Night - York Explore Library, York, UK - Face research demonstrations 
  • Nov 2014 - ESRC Festival of Social Sciences - Satrosphere Science Centre, Aberdeen, UK - Day drop-in event on face research 
  • Sept 2014 - Explorathon Scotland - Union Square shopping centre, Aberdeen, UK - Face research demonstrations 
Media Engagement
  • The Telegraph - Why smiling for a passport photo could prevent identity fraud.
  • The Independent - Smiling in passport photos could help prevent identity fraud, study suggests.
  • The Times - Passport photos: smile... and do your bit to stop ID fraud. 
  • The Sunday Express - Passports news: Smiling in your photograph could prevent your identity being stolen.

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