Experimental Methods Used to Judge Personalities Based on Facial Features (IMAGE)

New York University

Experimental Methods Used to Judge Personalities Based on Facial Features

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NYU researchers tested how much we believe different traits co-occur in other people's personalities--for instance, how much we think competence co-occurs with friendliness in others. They then used a method able to visualize the subjects' mental image of a personality trait, allowing them to see if subjects who believe competent people tend to also be friendly have mental images of a competent face and friendly face that are physically more resembling.

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Ryan Stolier and Jonathan Freeman, New York University

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