Conspiracy theories express mistrust in common explanations and epistemic authorities.
Independent of concrete content, the extent of endorsing conspiracy theories has also …

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 …

Cooperation is crucial for the success of social interactions. Given its importance, humans
should readily be able to use available cues to predict how likely others are to cooperate …

Humans are willing to cooperate with each other for mutual benefit—and to accept the risk of
exploitation. To avoid collaborating with the wrong person, people sometimes attempt to …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Facial impressions contribute to evaluations of trustworthiness. Older adults are especially
vulnerable to trust violations, incurring risks for deception and exploitation. Using the newly …

Prior research has shown that the more (or less) attractive a face is judged, the more (or
less) trustworthy the person is deemed and that some common neural networks are …

Perceived beauty is one of the strongest predictors of perceived cooperativeness, causing
the “beauty bias”. Through a large three-stage incentivized behavioral and rating experiment …