Perceptions of an individual can change dramatically across different images of their face.
Questions remain as to whether some traits are more sensitive to image variability than …

A paradoxical finding from recent studies of face perception is that observers are error-prone
and inconsistent when judging the identity of unfamiliar faces, but nevertheless reasonably …

Faces vary from image to image, eliciting different judgements of traits and often different
judgements of identity. Knowledge that two face images belong to the same person …

First impressions made to photographs of faces can depend as much on momentary
characteristics of the photographed image (within‐person variability) as on consistent …

First impressions of social traits, such as trustworthiness or dominance, are reliably
perceived in faces, and despite their questionable validity they can have considerable real …

Although decades of research have identified facial features relating to people's evaluations
of faces, specific features have largely been examined in isolation from each other. Recent …

Face perception is based on both shape and reflectance information. However, we know
little about the relative contribution of these kinds of information to social judgments of faces …

Psychological studies of face recognition have typically ignored within-person variation in
appearance, instead emphasising differences between individuals. Studies typically assume …

First impressions of traits are formed rapidly and nonconsciously, suggesting an automatic
process. We examined whether first impressions of trustworthiness are mandatory, another …

When meeting someone for the first time, we not only extract a wealth of information about
their age, gender, ethnicity, or mood, but we also evaluate them on social dimensions such …