Who takes risks, and why? Does risk-taking in one context predict risk-taking in other
contexts? We seek to address these questions by considering two non-independent …

Lifespan developmental theories and research suggest a positive effect of adult age on
prosociality. However, this effect lacks consistency, with many studies excluding the period …

Impersonal cooperation among strangers enables societies to create valuable public goods,
such as infrastructure, public services, and democracy. Several factors have been proposed …

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 …

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 …

We very much agree with the conclusion of this argument. We as scientists must leverage
our understanding of facial judgments to design policies that will prevent people judging a …

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 …

Evolutionary explanations of anger as a commitment device hinge on two key assumptions.
The first is that it is predictable, ex ante, whether someone will get angry when feeling that …

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 …

Economic interactions often imply to gauge the trustworthiness of others. Recent studies
showed that when making trust decisions in economic games, people have some accuracy …