Faces are among the most important visual stimuli that humans perceive in everyday life.
While extensive literature has examined emotional processing and social evaluations of …

The idea of replication is based on the premise that there are empirical regularities or
universal laws to be replicated and verified, and the scientific method is adequate for doing …

As one of the latest applications in the era of artificial intelligence, a social robot is playing a
more and more important role in our daily life. However, few attempts to date have been …

Impressions of trustworthiness based on facial cues influence many consequential
decisions, in spite of their (generally) poor accuracy. Here, we test whether reliance on facial …

People readily (but often inaccurately) attribute traits to others based on faces. While the
details of attributions depend on the language available to describe social traits …

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 …

Corruption continues to be one of the biggest societal challenges of our time. New hope is
placed in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to serve as an unbiased anti-corruption agent. Ever more …

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 …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by difficulties in social processes,
interactions, and communication. Yet, the neurocognitive bases underlying these difficulties …

To navigate the social world, people must understand each other's momentary thoughts and
feelings (mental states) and enduring personalities (traits). How do people make trait and …