Changing the personality of a face: Perceived big two and big five personality factors modeled in real photographs

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 609-624

  Walker, Mirella ^a   Vetter, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Big five; Big two; Faces; Person perception; Statistical modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940930990     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000064     Document Type: Article

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