Who may judge a book by its cover?

这个项目的目的是建立一个模型，说明人们如何以及为什么会在他们对他人的印象以及这些印象的准确性方面发生变化。人们很容易从自己的脸上形成对他人的印象，这些印象会影响关键的决定：选举结果、法庭案件结果和伴侣选择。为了建立这个模型，该项目将应用双胞胎数据，并构建一个心理测量测试来衡量面部印象的变化。这项研究有望深入了解社会知觉的这一方面，并找出不典型或不准确的面部判断的来源。这在健康环境(用于识别社会损害)和安全环境(用于人员选拔)中都有应用。

This project aims to build a model of how and why people vary in their impressions of others and in the accuracy of these impressions. People readily form impressions of others from their faces and these impressions influence crucial decisions: election results, court case outcomes and partner choices. To build this model, the project will apply twin data and construct a psychometric test to measure variation in facial impressions. The research is expected to lead to insights into this aspect of social perception, and to identify the sources of atypical or inaccurate facial judgements. This has applications in health contexts (to identify social impairment) and in security contexts (for personnel selection).