Since the early twentieth century, psychologists have known that there is consensus in
attributing social and personality characteristics from facial appearance. Recent studies …

This article reviews research contributions in political science and communication to the
topic of nonverbal communication and politics from 2005 to 2015. The review opens with …

This study seeks to determine whether subjects in two dynamic process tracing experiments
react differently to information related to a candidate's competence when that candidate is a …

Background Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are characterized by social
communication challenges and repetitive behaviors that may be quickly detected by experts …

Since good-looking politicians win more votes, a beauty advantage for politicians on the left
or on the right is bound to have political consequences. We show that politicians on the right …

Physical appearance, both our own and that of others, is a common influence on social
interactions. In this article, we consider whether appearance also plays a role in how we …

Facial cues are consequential for voters' behavior at the polls. Yet the facial cues that are
associated with vote choice remain under-examined. We predicted that vote choice …

This paper investigates whether foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows are higher in
countries ruled by trustworthy-looking or competent-looking leaders. After collecting pictures …

Does changing the leader improve a party's electoral performance? And does it matter who
for electoral performance who selects the leader? We hypothesize that in parties with …

Can voters infer candidates' political orientations from their faces? We report evidence that
observers make systematic judgment errors, ascribing their own political views to attractive …