Nalini Ambady

Nalini Ambady
Residence	United States
Fields	Psychology
Institutions	Tufts University Harvard University
Alma mater	Harvard University College of William and Mary
Doctoral advisor	Robert Rosenthal
Known for	thin slice judgments

Nalini Ambady is a social psychologist. She is currently Professor and Neubauer Faculty Fellow at Tufts University in the Department of Psychology. She earned her Ph.D. in social psychology from Harvard University in 1991 under the guidance or Robert Rosenthal, with whom she researched thin slice judgments. She is a leading expert on nonverbal behavior and interpersonal perception.^{[citation needed]} Dr. Ambady is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Psychological Science.

Books

• R. B. Adams, Jr., N. Ambady, K. Nakayama. and S. Shimojo. (2010). Social Vision, Oxford University Press.
• N. Ambady & J. Skowronski (Eds.) (2008). First Impressions, Guilford.
• M. Weisbuch & N. Ambady. Shared Minds in Motion: Dynamic Nonverbal Behavior and Social Influence. Psychology Press: Taylor & Francis (to appear in 2011).

See also

• Cross-race effect
• Neuroculture
• Perceptions of sexual orientation

External links

• Homepage on Tufts University website
• Professional Profile
• Lab Webpage

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