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

The facial width-to-height ratio (FWHR) is the width of the face divided by the height of the
upper face. There is mixed evidence for the hypothesis that the FWHR is a cue of threat and …

Black men tend to be stereotyped as threatening and, as a result, may be disproportionately
targeted by police even when unarmed. Here, we found evidence that biased perceptions of …

Untrustworthy faces incur negative judgments across numerous domains. Existing work in
this area has focused on situations in which the target's trustworthiness is relevant to the …

Although it is well known that appearance-based impressions affect labor market and
election outcomes, little is known about the role appearance plays in financial transactions …

Abstract Models of person perception have long asserted that our impressions of others are
guided by characteristics of both the target and perceiver. However, research has not yet …

Dominance and prestige represent evolved strategies used to navigate social hierarchies.
Dominance is a strategy through which people gain and maintain social rank by using …

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 …

We present an evolutionary perspective on charismatic leadership, arguing that charisma
has evolved as a credible signal of a person's ability to solve a coordination challenge …

Why are physically formidable men willingly allocated higher social status by others in
cooperative groups? Ancestrally, physically formidable males would have been differentially …