Is the face a window to the soul? Investigation of the accuracy of intuitive judgments of the trustworthiness of human faces

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 171-177

  Porter, Stephen ^a   England, Laura ^a   Juodis, Marcus ^a   Ten Brinke, Leanne ^a   Wilson, Kevin ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Credibility; Face; Intuition; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149344975     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0008-400X.40.3.171     Document Type: Article

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