People evaluate a stranger's trustworthiness from their facial features in a fraction of a
second, despite common advice “not to judge a book by its cover.” Evaluations of …

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 …

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 …

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

Background All cultural groups in the world place paramount value on interpersonal trust.
Existing research suggests that although accurate judgments of another's trustworthiness …

Inferences of others' social traits from their faces can influence how we think and behave
towards them, but little is known about how perceptions of people's traits may affect …

Computer-generated faces are increasingly prevalent in a range of settings. While the
quality of synthetic face appearance has increased dramatically, participants can usually …

Decisions about whom to trust are biased by stable facial traits such as attractiveness,
similarity to kin, and perceived trustworthiness. Research addressing the validity of facial …

Background Many human interactions are built on trust, so widespread confidence in first
impressions generally favors individuals with trustworthy-looking appearances. However …

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 …