Judgements of trustworthiness based on facial features have mainly been investigated by
presenting faces in isolation. However, real-life situations often involve contextual cues …

Trait inferences from first impressions are drawn rapidly and spontaneously. However, the
Covid-19 pandemic forced interactions online introducing differential influential factors on …

Face pareidolia is a tendency to seeing faces in nonface images that reflects high tuning to a
face scheme. Yet, studies of the brain networks underwriting face pareidolia are scarce …

Under threat, the combinations of fearful display and gaze orientation emitted by others can
provide crucial information about the presence and location of the danger, as well as …

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 …

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 …

Face tuning to non-face images such as shadows or grilled toasts is termed face pareidolia.
Face-pareidolia images represent a valuable tool for investigation of social cognition in …

The present study developed and validated an image database, SocialPICS, with
information of socioeconomic status (SES) and affective space (ie, valence and arousal) …

The affective polarization characteristic of the United States' political climate contributes to
pervasive intergroup tension. This tension polarizes basic aspects of person perception …

The presence of face masks can significantly impact processes related to trait impressions
from faces. In the present research, we focused on trait impressions from faces either …