"Feeling smaller makes people feel paranoid, mistrustful and more likely to think that people are staring or talking about them, a study by Oxford University finds" (Sarah Knapton, Science Correspondent, The Telegraph, 29 Jan 2014)

"Height perception and paranoia - Experiment in virtual reality shows that reducing a person's height can increase feelings of vulnerability and raise levels of paranoia" (Ian Sample, The Guardian, 29 Jan 2014)

"The height of confidence (and a little paranoia) - How a virtual reality experiment could help to treat people with paranoid symptoms" (Daniel and Jason Freeman, The Guardian, 29 Jan 2014)

"There really is no fun being a shorty: Being smaller can lead to feelings of being unlikeable as well as fear and paranoia" (Daily Mail, 29 Jan 2014)

See also: BBC Radio 4's Today programme (time stamp: 55:10) and the original paper (open access)