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

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 …

People quickly infer trustworthiness from faces and use it to guide judgments and behaviors.
Past research has suggested that face information is too powerful to be overridden by …

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 …

Previous research suggests that the influence of facial trustworthiness is irresistible in the
process of making judgments even when relevant behavioral information is available. This …

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

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 …

Perceivers' inferences about individuals based on their faces often show high interrater
consensus and can even accurately predict behavior in some domains. Here we …

People rapidly make attributions of others' personality, cognitive abilities, and intentions
based on facial appearance alone, which in turn, can have consequential outcomes. One …

By adulthood, people judge trustworthiness from appearances rapidly and reliably.
However, we know little about these judgments in children. This novel study investigates the …