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Looking bad: inferring criminality after 100 milliseconds

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posted on 2016-12-20, 14:30 authored by Thimna Klatt, Matthew Phelps, John Maltby, Harriet L. Smailes, Hannah L. Ryder, Joyce E. Humphries, Heather Flowe
Research finds we make spontaneous trait inferences from facial appearance, even after brief exposures to a face (i.e., less than or equal to 100 ms). We examined spontaneous impressions of criminality from facial appearance, testing whether these impressions persist after repeated presentation (i.e., one to three exposures) and increased exposure duration (100, 500, or 1,000 ms) to the face. Judgement confidence and response times were recorded. Other participants viewed the faces for an unlimited period of time, rating trustworthiness, dominance and criminal appearance. We found evidence that participants spontaneously make criminal appearance attributions. These inferences persisted with repeated presentation and increased exposure duration, were related to trustworthiness and dominance ratings, and were made with high confidence. Implications are discussed.

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  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

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Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice

Citation

KLATT, T. ... et al, Looking bad: inferring criminality after 100 milliseconds. Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice, 12 (2), pp.114-125

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© Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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2016-11-07

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2016

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This definitive published version of this paper is available online at: http://www.apcj.org/journal/index.php?mode=view&item=118

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1550-3550

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1550-4409

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  • en

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