Being able to identify trustworthy strangers is a critical social skill. However, whether such
impressions are accurate is debatable. Critically, the field currently lacks a quantitative …

Social face evaluation is a common and consequential element of everyday life based on
the judgement of trustworthiness. However, the particular facial regions that guide such …

Although cooperation can lead to mutually beneficial outcomes, cooperative actions only
pay off for the individual if others can be trusted to cooperate as well. Identifying trustworthy …

Researchers have recently shown increasing interest in assessments of trustworthiness,
devoting much attention to whether trustworthiness can be detected from a person's facial …

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 …

Researchers have debated whether a person's behavior can be predicted from his or her
face. In particular, it is unclear whether people's trustworthiness can be predicted from their …

It is widely assumed among psychologists that people spontaneously form trustworthiness
impressions of newly encountered people from their facial appearance. However, most …

Background Trust is a prerequisite for successful social relations. People tend to form a first
impression of people's trustworthiness based on their facial appearance. The sex of the …

Background All cultural groups in the world place paramount value on interpersonal trust.
Existing research suggests that although accurate judgments of another's trustworthiness …

The appraisal of trustworthiness from facial appearance of a stranger is critical for successful
social interaction. Although self-resemblance is considered a significant factor affecting the …