Misleading First Impressions: Different for Different Facial Images of the Same Person

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1404-1417

  Todorov, Alexander ^a,b   Porter, Jenny M ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

face perception; social perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904298082     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614532474     Document Type: Article

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