Facial features that resemble emotional expressions influence key social evaluations,
including trust. Here, we present four experiments testing how the impact of such expressive …

People rapidly and automatically evaluate faces along many social dimensions. Here, we
focus on judgments of trustworthiness, which approximate basic valence evaluation of faces …

People routinely make various trait judgments from facial appearance, and such judgments
affect important social outcomes. These judgments are highly correlated with each other …

People evaluate a stranger's trustworthiness from their facial features in a fraction of a
second, despite common advice “not to judge a book by its cover.” Evaluations of …

Prior research has found a relationship between perceived facial attractiveness and
perceived personal trustworthiness. We examined the time course of attractiveness relative …

Facial features influence social evaluations. For example, faces are rated as more attractive
and trustworthy when they have more smiling features and also more female features …

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

People automatically generate first impressions from others' faces, even with limited time
and information. Most research on social face evaluation focuses on static morphological …

While people readily form and rely on trustworthiness impressions from faces, the question
of whether these impressions are accurate remains debated. The present research …

To be successful in social life, perceivers need to form impressions of other people's
trustworthiness. Current models of this process emphasize the role of specific descriptive …