Who Can Be Fooled? Modeling Facial Impressions of Gullibility

Jaeger, Bastian; Meral, Erdem Ozan

doi:10.1521/soco.2022.40.2.127

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“…To further investigate the role of different classes of colour characteristics in predicting the preference of real human faces, and identify the most important colour predictors, techniques from machine learning were implemented in the modelling process. Similar approaches can be found in previous studies 38 , 39 .…”

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“…To further investigate the role of the three different classes of colour characteristics (average/local skin colour, skin colour variation, and facial colour contrast) in predicting the preference of real human faces, and identify their relative importance, techniques from machine learning were implemented, following previous studies 38 , 39 . We used cross-validated linear regression models (fivefold cross validation with 50 repeats) to compare the predictive power of the three different classes of facial colour characteristics.…”

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Different colour predictions of facial preference by Caucasian and Chinese observers

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Yang

et al. 2022

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Facial colour characteristics convey vital personal information and influence social interactions and mate choices as contributing factors to perceived beauty, health, and age. How various colour characteristics affect facial preference and whether there are cultural differences are not fully understood. Here, we provide a useful and repeatable methodology for skin colour research based on a realistic skin model to investigate the effect of various facial colour characteristics on facial preference and compare the role of colour predictors in Caucasian (CA) and Chinese (CN) samples. Our results show that, although the average skin colour of facial areas plays a limited role, together with colour variation and contrast, there are stronger links between colour and facial preference than previously revealed. We also find large cultural differences in facial colour perceptions; Chinese observers tend to rely more heavily on colour and lightness cues to judge facial preference than Caucasian observers.

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Different colour predictions of facial preference by Caucasian and Chinese observers

Xiao

Yang

et al. 2022

Sci Rep

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“…Elastic net regression (EN) combines shrinkage from RR and LASSO and balances the two algorithms by weighting the two effects [ 41 , 42 ]. The implementation of this approach in facial impression research can be found in previous work [ 43 , 44 ]. The current study assessed all the strategies mentioned above in terms of their effectiveness in attractiveness modelling from colour traits.…”

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Predicting Facial Attractiveness from Colour Cues: A New Analytic Framework

Lu,

Xiao,

Pointer

et al. 2024

Sensors

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Various facial colour cues were identified as valid predictors of facial attractiveness, yet the conventional univariate approach has simplified the complex nature of attractiveness judgement for real human faces. Predicting attractiveness from colour cues is difficult due to the high number of candidate variables and their inherent correlations. Using datasets from Chinese subjects, this study proposed a novel analytic framework for modelling attractiveness from various colour characteristics. One hundred images of real human faces were used in experiments and an extensive set of 65 colour features were extracted. Two separate attractiveness evaluation sets of data were collected through psychophysical experiments in the UK and China as training and testing datasets, respectively. Eight multivariate regression strategies were compared for their predictive accuracy and simplicity. The proposed methodology achieved a comprehensive assessment of diverse facial colour features and their role in attractiveness judgements of real faces; improved the predictive accuracy (the best-fit model achieved an out-of-sample accuracy of 0.66 on a 7-point scale) and significantly mitigated the issue of model overfitting; and effectively simplified the model and identified the most important colour features. It can serve as a useful and repeatable analytic tool for future research on facial impression modelling using high-dimensional datasets.

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Realist literature, gender and gullibility in African Pentecostalism: The case of Chiundura Moyo’s Kereke Inofa

Gudhlanga

Madongonda

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2023

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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There is a general consensus among religious scholars that Pentecostalism has risen phenomenally in Africa and Zimbabwe is no exception. In most cases, Pentecostalism has been presented as a sophisticated brand of Christianity while members of African Independent churches are shown to be gullible. The newly founded Pentecostal churches are more focused on gospreneurship while the media is busy with cases of cheating, dishonesty and the sexual abuse of women in these churches. Thus, academic scholars have begun to pay their attention on gullibility in Pentecostalism. Unfortunately, not many scholarly works have looked at literary texts that bring out the gullibility of members of Pentecostal churches in Zimbabwe. This article seeks to bridge this gap by analysing Aaron Chiundura Moyo’s Kereke Inofa [The Church Can die]. The main purpose is to bring out the significance of literary texts in projecting societal ills, specifically the gender power dynamics in Zimbabwean Pentecostal churches that may be difficult to deal with directly. The focus is on how women and some men are victims of the whims of some Pentecostal church leaders. The article is informed by the socio-historical approach, which states that artists derive the material for their works of art, subject matter, images and artistic languages from the life experiences of their societies. The socio-historical approach enables the researcher to understand the prevalence of gullibility in Pentecostal churches in Zimbabwe. The article relies heavily on content analysis of Moyo’s Kereke Inofa’s presentation of deception, and infidelity in Pentecostal Churches being performed on members who are projected in this play as ‘gullible’.Contribution: This article’s contribution lies in its critical analysis of gender and gullibility in African Pentecostalism in Zimbabwe. It is significant as it utilises a literary text to project the ills in Pentecostal churches and women’s sexual vulnerabilities.

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Who Can Be Fooled? Modeling Facial Impressions of Gullibility

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Different colour predictions of facial preference by Caucasian and Chinese observers

Different colour predictions of facial preference by Caucasian and Chinese observers

Predicting Facial Attractiveness from Colour Cues: A New Analytic Framework

Realist literature, gender and gullibility in African Pentecostalism: The case of Chiundura Moyo’s Kereke Inofa

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