Facial mimicry has long been considered a main mechanism underlying emotional
contagion (ie the transfer of emotions between people). A closer look at the empirical …

The study aimed to explore how interpersonal closeness (friends vs. strangers) and emotion
type (positive vs. negative) influenced emotion contagion and physiological synchrony …

Trust is fundamental to effective visual data communication between the visualization
designer and the reader. Although personal experience and preference influence readers' …

People want to interact successfully with other individuals, and they invest significant efforts
in attempting to do so. Decades of research have demonstrated that to simplify the …

Social interactions require quick perception, interpretation, and categorization of faces, with
facial features offering cues to emotions, intentions, and traits. Importantly, reactions to faces …

Five studies explored how users of online dating platforms, such as Tinder™ and Parship,
are perceived by others. Participants were presented with ostensibly real profiles of …

To be successful in social life, perceivers need to form impressions of other people's
trustworthiness. Current models of this process emphasize the role of specific descriptive …

Perceiving a male speaker as gender atypical increases the chances of categorizing him as
gay. The perception of how fluent the categorization process is can also play a role …

This study examined how trustworthiness impressions depend on vocal expressive and
person characteristics and how their dependence may be explained by acoustical profiles …

Social resemblance, like group membership or similar attitudes, increases the mimicry of the
observed emotional facial display. In this study, we investigate whether facial self …