We spontaneously attribute to strangers a wide variety of character traits based on their
facial appearance. While these first impressions have little or no basis in reality, they exert a …

Humans spontaneously attribute a wide range of traits to strangers based solely on their
facial features. These first impressions are known to exert striking effects on our choices and …

Impressions from faces are made remarkably quickly and they can underpin behaviour in a
wide variety of social contexts. Over the last decade many studies have sought to trace the …

Two questions have motivated much of our research. What is the structure of social
judgments from faces and what is the perceptual basis of these judgments? Twelve years …

While previous studies have examined social and emotional value through textual cues, the
precise impact of these values conveyed by hosts' facial images, as depicted in their profile …

Sensitive responding to facial information is of key importance during human social
interactions. Research shows that adults glean much information from another person's face …

People readily (but often inaccurately) attribute traits to others based on faces. While the
details of attributions depend on the language available to describe social traits …

Recently, researchers from developmental and clinical psychology highlighted epistemic
trust (ET) as a key factor for personality disorders. ET is intended as the mental openness to …

When navigating unfamiliar social environments, it is important to identify who is powerful.
Determining who has power can be challenging because observers may have limited social …

Humans possess a tendency to rapidly and consistently make character evaluations from
mere facial appearance. Recent work shows that this tendency emerges surprisingly early …