Face Value and Cheap Talk: How Smiles Can Increase or Decrease the Credibility of Our Words

How do our facial expressions affect the credibility of our words? We test whether smiles, either uninhibited or inhibited, affect the credibility of a written statement. Participants viewed a confederate partner displaying a neutral expression, non-Duchenne smile, Duchenne smile, or controlled smil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lawrence Ian Reed, Rachel Stratton, Jessica D. Rambeas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-11-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704918814400