In some online interactions, people use avatars to represent themselves and judge whether
interaction partners should be trusted. However, little is known about human accuracy in …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 114 (1) of Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology (see record 2017-57724-002). In the article, there is a …

Personal profiles on social network sites have become an important tool for social
evaluation–that is, assessing profile owners' characteristics (eg, personality traits …

Objectives When judging someone's trustworthiness, facial appearance is a salient but
nondiagnostic cue. Such judgments should ideally be based on the memory of that person's …

Appearance-based trustworthiness inferences may reflect the misinterpretation of emotional
expression cues. Children and adults typically perceive faces that look happy to be relatively …

Researchers have long been interested in how social evaluations are made based upon first
impressions of faces. It is also important to consider the level of agreement we see in such …

Evolutionary theory and neuroscientific evidence suggest that humans automatically infer
the trustworthiness of others based on facial appearance. Building upon this knowledge …

Individuals often have to decide whether to trust others at zero or little acquaintance. In this
instance, individuals rely on social stereotypes as a guide to their trust decisions. Yet little is …

Faces are one of the most potent social stimuli conveying information about social
categories (eg, sex, age, race), mental states (eg, puzzled), emotional states (eg, angry) …

Using a dynamic stimuli paradigm, in which faces expressed either happiness or anger, the
authors tested the hypothesis that perceptions of trustworthiness are related to these …