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ReviewFrontiers in psychology2023

Hidden faces, altered perceptions: the impact of face masks on interpersonal perception.

Shuai Wang, Chengyang Han, Zihan Sang, Xuhui Zhang, Shitao Chen, Haoran Wang, Gang Wang, Yiqian Xu, Xue Lei, Jixu Chen

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Review in Frontiers in psychology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Shuai WangDepartment of Psychology, College of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
Chengyang HanDepartment of Psychology, College of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
Zihan SangDepartment of Psychology, College of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
Xuhui ZhangDepartment of Psychology, College of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
Shitao ChenDepartment of Psychology, College of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
Haoran WangDepartment of Psychology, College of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
Gang WangDepartment of Psychology, College of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
Yiqian XuDepartment of Psychology, College of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
Xue LeiSchool of Business Administration, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou, China.
Jixu ChenChinese Education Modernization Research Institute of Hangzhou Normal University (Zhejiang Provincial Key Think Tank), Hangzhou, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pandemic has made wearing masks commonplace, prompting researchers to investigate their effects on interpersonal perception. Findings indicate masks obstruct face identification and expression recognition, with lower face cues being most affected. When judging attractiveness, masks can enhance the appeal of less attractive faces, but reduce the appeal of more attractive faces. Trust and speech perception outcomes are inconclusive. Future studies could focus on individual differences in how masks influence our perception of others.

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face maskface recognitionfacial attractivenessspeech perceptiontrustworthy judgment

Identifiers

PMID37416539
PMCPMC10321351

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