ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021
Face Masks Bolsters the Characteristics From Looking at a Face Even When Facial Expressions Are Impaired.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Unveiling the "Less is More" paradox: How experience and cognitive filling drive attractiveness in occluded faces.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2025Article
- The Crucial Role of the Eyes in Predicting Facial Attractiveness from Parts.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Face coverings increase apparent honesty and cooperativeness.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Impact of face masks and sunglasses on attractiveness, trustworthiness, and familiarity, and limited time effect: a Japanese sample.Discover psychology · 2023Article
- Face masks inhibit facial cues for approachability and trustworthiness: an eyetracking study.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Smiling makes you look older, even when you wear a mask: the effect of face masks on age perception.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2022Article
- Small Pupils Lead to Lower Judgements of a Person's Characteristics for Exaggerated, but Not for Realistic Pupils.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The role of face masks within in-patient psychotherapy: Results of a survey among inpatients and healthcare professionals.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Mapping the perception-space of facial expressions in the era of face masks.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Face masks impact social interactions because emotion recognition is difficult due to face occlusion. However, is this enough to conclude that face masks negatively impact social interactions? We investigated the impact of face masks on invariant characteristics (sex, age), trait-like characteristics (trustworthiness, attractiveness, and approachability), and emotional expressions (happiness and excitability). Participants completed an online survey and rated masked and no-masked faces. The same face remained masked or no-masked throughout the survey. Results revealed that, when compared to no-masked faces, masked happy faces appeared less happy. Face masks did not negatively impact the ratings of other characteristics. Participants were better at judging the sex of masked faces. Masked faces also appeared younger, more trustworthy, more attractive, and more approachable. Therefore, face masks did not always result in unfavorable ratings. An additional
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