Research Topics
Consumer Behavior, Stereotypes, & Person/Face Perception
In my main line of research, I study person perception, stereotypes, and in particular facial stereotypes (i.e., the mental representations of faces associated with given social attributes) in the marketplace and workplace. I also study how people make inferences and decisions based on others' facial appearance.
Consumer Behavior in a Changing World
I am broadly interested in how consumers navigate today's changing world, for instance how they behave when exposed to technology (e.g., the mere presence of smartphones), how they respond to distrust towards institutions, or how they manage their time.
Publications and Research in Progress
Linares, Claire, and Anne-Laure Sellier (2021), “How Bad is the Mere Presence of a Phone? A Replication of Przybylski and Weinstein (2013) and an Extension to Creativity,” published at PLoS ONE. [Paper]
Linares, Claire, and Anne-Sophie Chaxel (2026), “How Institutional Distrust Breeds One-Sided Leadership: A Consistency-Based Account,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000527. [Paper]
Contributing author to Many Labs Project (2026), “Think Political Leader – Think He or She? A Multi-Country Test of a Fair Language Intervention for Stereotype Bias,” Accepted at The Leadership Quarterly. [Preprint]
Linares, Claire, Anne-Laure Sellier, and Ran R. Hassin, “The Brands in our Faces: From Stereotypes to Brand Ambassador Fit,” invited revision at International Journal of Research in Marketing.
Linares, Claire, and Anne-Laure Sellier, “Facial Prototypes for Given Names: Evidence from the Lab and a Large-Scale Field Study,” under review.
Linares, Claire, and Anne-Sophie Chaxel, “Institutional Distrust Reduces Attitudinal Ambivalence,” under review.
Linares, Claire, and Jennifer Argo, “Judging Skills From Faces: Facial Stereotypes Shape Evaluations of Creative and Analytical Ability in the Marketplace,” under review.
Linares, Claire, “AI Humanization,” under review.
Linares, Claire*, and Alican Mecit*, “The Dehumanization of Ambiguous Targets,” in preparation for submission.
Linares, Claire, Tamar Avnet, and Anne-Laure Sellier, “Measuring Scheduling Styles: Scale Development and Validation of Clock-Time and Event-Time Orientation,” working paper.
Linares, Claire, and Anne-Laure Sellier, “The Sustainable Consumer: A Conceptual Replication and Extension of Brough et al. (2016)”
Linares, Claire, and Anne-Sophie Chaxel, “CMO Stereotypes.”
[*equal authorship]