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

In five experiments, we investigated how Black participants perceive Duchenne and non-
Duchenne smiles on Black and White targets. Results consistently demonstrated that when …

People are able to quickly and automatically evaluate faces on different traits, such as
trustworthiness. There is a growing literature demonstrating that factors such as learning and …

Research on face perception has established that faces surrounded by threatening contexts
are perceived as less trustworthy. Moreover, recent studies revealed that such a face-context …

The impression of trustworthiness based on someone's facial appearance biases our
subsequent behavior toward that subject in a variety of contexts. In this study, we …

Recent research suggests that attributions of aliveness and mental capacities to faces are
influenced by social group membership. In this article, we investigated group related biases …

In social situations, faces of others can vary simultaneously in gaze and orientation. How
these variations affect different kinds of social judgments, such as attractiveness or …

Most past work on trustworthiness perception has focused on the structural features of the
human face. The present study investigates the interplay of dynamic information from two …

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 …

Past studies examining how people judge faces for trustworthiness and dominance have
suggested that they use particular facial features (eg mouth features for trustworthiness …