Older adults tend to rate unfamiliar faces higher on trustworthiness than do their younger
counterparts. Although the saying goes “look before you leap”, it is still unknown whether …

The affective polarization characteristic of the United States' political climate contributes to
pervasive intergroup tension. This tension polarizes basic aspects of person perception …

The cheerleader effect occurs when the same face is rated to be more attractive when it is
seen in a group compared to when seen alone. We investigated whether this phenomenon …

ABSTRACT A turn of the head can be used to convey or conceal emotion, as the left side of
the face is more expressive than the right. As the left cheek moves more when smiling, the …

Humans beings decide to trust others selectively, often based on the appearance of a face.
But how do observers deal with the wide variety of facial morphologies and, in particular …

The face is a powerful source to make inferences about one's trustworthiness. Recent
studies demonstrated that facial trustworthiness is influenced by the level of threat conveyed …

Fluctuations in mental and bodily states have both been shown to be associated with
negative affective experience. Here we examined how momentary fluctuations in attentional …

People automatically evaluate faces on multiple trait dimensions, and these evaluations
predict important social outcomes, ranging from electoral success to sentencing decisions …

The present study explores whether and to what extent individual differences (ie, gender
and personality traits of perceiver) predict inferences of trustworthiness from emotionally …

One of the most important sources of social information is the human face, on whose
appearance we easily form social judgments: Adults tend to attribute a certain personality to …