Facial and Vocal Cues in Perceptions of Trustworthiness

Tsankova, Elena; Aubrey, Andrew J.; Krumhuber, Eva; Möllering, Guido; Kappas, Arvid; Marshall, David; Rosin, Paul L.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-37484-5_26

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“…Participants in the trustworthy condition evaluated the avatar as significantly more trustworthy than participants in the untrustworthy condition, indicating a successful experimental manipulation. Previous research suggests that visual appearance [55,70] and vocal cues [72,73] have an impact on trust; our results indicated that their manipulation does indeed influence the evaluated trustworthiness of virtual humans.…”

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confidence: 60%

Measuring Interpersonal Trust towards Virtual Humans with a Virtual Maze Paradigm

Lin¹,

Cronje²,

Käthner³

et al. 2023

IEEE Trans. Visual. Comput. Graphics

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 60%

Measuring Interpersonal Trust towards Virtual Humans with a Virtual Maze Paradigm

Lin¹,

Cronje²,

Käthner³

et al. 2023

IEEE Trans. Visual. Comput. Graphics

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“…We focused on perceived trustworthiness because due to its evolutionary link to cooperation and survival, trust is a central aspect of human communication, the foundation for functioning relationships, interpersonal interaction, effective collaboration [13] as well as the cooperation and mutual adaptation needed to surmount problems [14, 15]. Ratings along that trait were found in a previous study to correlate most strongly with the first principal component explaining more than half the variance in overall voice personality ratings [4], indicating the foremost role of perceived trustworthiness in overall voice personality impressions.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The sound of trustworthiness: Acoustic-based modulation of perceived voice personality

2017

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When we hear a new voice we automatically form a "first impression" of the voice owner's personality; a single word is sufficient to yield ratings highly consistent across listeners. Past studies have shown correlations between personality ratings and acoustical parameters of voice, suggesting a potential acoustical basis for voice personality impressions, but its nature and extent remain unclear. Here we used data-driven voice computational modelling to investigate the link between acoustics and perceived trustworthiness in the single word "hello". Two prototypical voice stimuli were generated based on the acoustical features of voices rated low or high in perceived trustworthiness, respectively, as well as a continuum of stimuli inter- and extrapolated between these two prototypes. Five hundred listeners provided trustworthiness ratings on the stimuli via an online interface. We observed an extremely tight relationship between trustworthiness ratings and position along the trustworthiness continuum (r = 0.99). Not only were trustworthiness ratings higher for the high- than the low-prototypes, but the difference could be modulated quasi-linearly by reducing or exaggerating the acoustical difference between the prototypes, resulting in a strong caricaturing effect. The f0 trajectory, or intonation, appeared a parameter of particular relevance: hellos rated high in trustworthiness were characterized by a high starting f0 then a marked decrease at mid-utterance to finish on a strong rise. These results demonstrate a strong acoustical basis for voice personality impressions, opening the door to multiple potential applications.

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“…Guilt-pronenesshow guilty a person thinks they would feel about doing something wrong-was found to predict trustworthiness even better than agreeableness and other Big Five personality traits (i.e., extraversion, conscientiousness, and openness), and this relationship was mediated by interpersonal responsibility [2]. Facial expressions were also found to have a significant relationship with perceived trustworthiness [4,5]. Although these elements are important to understand, there are additional influential factors of trust that still need more research.…”

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Signaling Trustworthiness: A Self-Regulation Account

Lapka¹,

Kung²

2023

The Psychology of Trust

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Trustworthiness is generally considered a positive trait, and past research has investigated different factors that lead a person to be deemed trustworthy. As suggested in recent work, one important predictor and signal of trustworthiness is self-control. In this chapter, we offer a literature review on the social effects of self-control on trustworthiness. We first outline basic models of self-control and review empirical evidence of the interpersonal processes through which perceptions of self-control and trustworthiness are formed and connected. Then, we review evidence to identify and propose implications, both potential upsides and downsides, of self-control induced trustworthiness. We conclude by discussing understudied and novel factors that may potentially influence the associations between self-control and trust, and offer ideas for future directions.

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Facial and Vocal Cues in Perceptions of Trustworthiness

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

Measuring Interpersonal Trust towards Virtual Humans with a Virtual Maze Paradigm

Measuring Interpersonal Trust towards Virtual Humans with a Virtual Maze Paradigm

The sound of trustworthiness: Acoustic-based modulation of perceived voice personality

Signaling Trustworthiness: A Self-Regulation Account

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