The face of another: anonymity and facial symmetry influence cooperation in social dilemmas

Rodríguez-Ruiz, Claudia; Sánchez‐Pagés, Santiago; Turiégano, Enrique

doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.09.002

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“…An unexpected result was that we did not find similarities for fluctuating facial asymmetry. Several studies indicate that fluctuating facial asymmetry can be considered as a reliable indicator of the phenotypic condition and genotypic quality of people, as stressors of development, such as a disease, can cause deviations from perfect bilateral symmetry (e.g., Rodríguez-Ruiz et al, 2019;Van Dongen & Gangestad, 2011). In this way, fluctuating facial asymmetry can be understood as an indicator of long-term health (Van Dongen & Gangestad, 2011), of fertility in women (Singh, 1993;Roney, 2009), and a superior competitive capacity in men (Puts, 2010).…”

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Similarity in Indicators of Attractiveness in Heterosexual Couples, and their Relationship with Satisfaction and Trust

Pávez

Polo²,

Valenzuela³

et al. 2022

Psykhe (Santiago)

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In our species, the formation and maintenance of romantic partners is a nonrandom process. In this sense, similarity between members of the couple can be relevant for the beginning of the relationship (i.e., assortative mating) and maintenance, being similarity in attractiveness one of the most interesting aspects of this phenomenon. Despite that similarity in attractive traits has been documented, there is a lack of studies including modern morphological measures like fluctuating facial asymmetry or body fat percentage when assessing the effect that similarity in attractiveness could provoke on behaviors and feelings necessary to maintain a long-term relationship (e.g., satisfaction and trust). We assessed the presence of similarity in attractiveness for self-perceived measures (attractiveness and mate value) and physical traits (body fat percentage, body mass index, and fluctuating facial asymmetry) in a population of 196 heterosexual young couples from Chile (n = 392). Then, using actor-partner interdependence models (APIM), we assessed whether satisfaction and trust within the couples were influenced by attractiveness. Our results indicated the presence of similarity for all studied traits with the exception of fluctuating facial asymmetry. In addition, we only found that self-assessment of attractiveness is important for satisfaction in women, and partner's physical attractiveness is important for satisfaction and trust in men. Our results suggest that similarity in attractiveness is not playing a major role in affecting relationship. It is probably that similarity could be better explained from the initial stages of relationship, where the mating market forces conduce to the conformation of similar couples.

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Similarity in Indicators of Attractiveness in Heterosexual Couples, and their Relationship with Satisfaction and Trust

Pávez

Polo²,

Valenzuela³

et al. 2022

Psykhe (Santiago)

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“…For computation, we followed standard procedures adopted from Van Leeuwen et al (2018) and summarized in Appendix B. See Stirrat and Perrett (2010) and Rodríguez-Ruiz et al (2019) for a further discussion on the potential role of these facial characteristics in cooperation detection. 14 Estimated coefficients from a logistic regression give comparable results.…”

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Predicting Trustworthiness Across Cultures: An Experiment

2021

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We contribute to the ongoing debate in the psychological literature on the role of “thin slices” of observable information in predicting others' social behavior, and its generalizability to cross-cultural interactions. We experimentally assess the degree to which subjects, drawn from culturally different populations (France and Japan), are able to predict strangers' trustworthiness based on a set of visual stimuli (mugshot pictures, neutral videos, loaded videos, all recorded in an additional French sample) under varying cultural distance to the target agent in the recording. Our main finding is that cultural distance is not detrimental for predicting trustworthiness in strangers, but that it may affect the perception of different components of communication in social interactions.

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The role of facial cues in signalling cooperativeness is limited and nuanced

Lohse,

Sanchez-Pages,

Turiegano

2024

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Humans display a remarkable tendency to cooperate with strangers; however, identifying prospective cooperation partners accurately before entering any new relationship is essential to mitigate the risk of being exploited. Visual appearance, as inferrable, for example, from facial images on job portals and dating sites, may serve as a potential signal of cooperativeness. This experimental study examines whether static images enable the correct detection of an individual’s propensity to cooperate. Participants first played the Prisoner’s Dilemma (PD) game, a standard cooperation task. Subsequently, they were asked to predict the cooperativeness of participants from a prior PD study relying solely on their static facial photographs. While our main results indicate only marginal accuracy improvements over random guessing, a more detailed analysis reveals that participants were more successful at identifying cooperative tendencies similar to their own. Despite no detectable main effect in our primary treatment variations (time pressure versus time delay), participants exhibited increased accuracy in identifying male cooperators under time pressure. These findings point towards a limited yet nuanced role of static facial images in predicting cooperativeness, advancing our understanding of non-behavioral cues in cooperative interactions.

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The face of another: anonymity and facial symmetry influence cooperation in social dilemmas

Cited by 3 publications

References 71 publications

Similarity in Indicators of Attractiveness in Heterosexual Couples, and their Relationship with Satisfaction and Trust

Similarity in Indicators of Attractiveness in Heterosexual Couples, and their Relationship with Satisfaction and Trust

Predicting Trustworthiness Across Cultures: An Experiment

The role of facial cues in signalling cooperativeness is limited and nuanced

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