Social attributions from faces bias human choices

Christopher Y. Olivola; Friederike Funk; Alexander Todorov

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2014.09.007

Social attributions from faces bias human choices

Christopher Y. Olivola, Friederike Funk, Alexander Todorov

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Abstract

Our success and well-being, as individuals and societies, depend on our ability to make wise social decisions about important interpersonal matters, such as the leaders we select and the individuals we choose to trust. Nevertheless, our impressions of people are shaped by their facial appearances and, consequently, so too are these social decisions. This article summarizes research linking facial morphological traits to important social outcomes and discusses various factors that moderate this relationship.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	566-570
Number of pages	5
Journal	Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Volume	18
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2014.09.007
State	Published - Nov 1 2014

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience

Keywords

Facial appearance
Facial stereotyping
Human decision-making
Person perception
Social judgment

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Social attributions from faces bias human choices

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