Marc Baker

Marc Baker is a Teaching Fellow in the School of Psychology, Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Portsmouth, within the Faculty of Science & Health. He is also affiliated with the Centre for Comparative & Evolutionary Psychology. His academic work focuses on emotional expression, particularly adult emotional crying, using advanced methodologies such as thermal imaging and psychophysiology.

• BSc (Hons) in Forensic Psychology, University of Portsmouth
• PhD on adult emotional crying, University of Portsmouth (2019)

His research centers on human emotional behavior, with a strong emphasis on crying, emotional regulation, nonverbal communication, and gender roles in emotional expression. He employs cutting-edge techniques like thermal infrared imaging and multi-level modeling to analyze psychophysiological responses during emotional experiences. His work bridges psychology, affective computing, and consumer behavior, contributing to both theoretical understanding and practical applications in mental health and technology.

The recent articles highlight a consistent focus on emotional tears, automated detection of weeping, database development for spontaneous crying, and cross-cultural analysis of crying behavior. His research integrates computer science, psychology, and social science, particularly in developing tools for automatic affect analysis and understanding emotional responses in naturalistic settings.

Marc Baker has contributed to impactful research in mental health, notably improving public attitudes toward electroconvulsive therapy and exploring emotional dynamics in infants and adults. While no formal awards are listed, his work has been widely disseminated, picked up by news outlets, and engaged with by academic and public audiences.

He teaches statistics and personality modules and provides personal tutoring to students. His research collaborations span international teams, and he contributes to large-scale databases and interdisciplinary projects. He is actively involved in the scientific community, with publications in high-impact journals such as IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, Behavior Research Methods, and Frontiers in Psychology.

Marc is associated with the Centre for Comparative & Evolutionary Psychology, where he conducts research on the evolutionary and comparative aspects of human emotional behavior, particularly focusing on crying as a social and physiological phenomenon.