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SUBMITTER: Wolffhechel K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4169442 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wolffhechel Karin K Fagertun Jens J Jacobsen Ulrik Plesner UP Majewski Wiktor W Hemmingsen Astrid Sofie AS Larsen Catrine Lohmann CL Lorentzen Sofie Katrine SK Jarmer Hanne H
PloS one 20140918 9
Appearance is known to influence social interactions, which in turn could potentially influence personality development. In this study we focus on discovering the relationship between self-reported personality traits, first impressions and facial characteristics. The results reveal that several personality traits can be read above chance from a face, and that facial features influence first impressions. Despite the former, our prediction model fails to reliably infer personality traits from eith ...[more]