Influence of protective clothing and masks on facial trustworthiness in an investment game: insights from a Chinese population study

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	Influence of protective clothing and masks on facial trustworthiness in an investment game: insights from a Chinese population study
	Wang, Weiping 1,2; Li, Zhifan 3; Lin, Xin 3; Sun, Yu-Hao P.3; Wang, Zhe 3; Wang, Yong 1,4
通讯作者	Wang, Weiping(wangyao7887@126.com) ; Wang, Yong(wangy@uir.edu.cn)
摘要	Facial features are important sources of information about perceived trustworthiness. Masks and protective clothing diminish the visibility of facial cues by either partially concealing the mouth and nose or covering the entire face. During the pandemic, the use of personal protective equipment affected and redefined who trusts whom in society. This study used the classical investment game of interpersonal trust with Chinese participants to explore the impact of occlusion on interpersonal trust. Faces with moderate initial trustworthiness were occluded by a mask or protective clothing in Experiment 1 and were digitally occluded by a square in Experiment 2, and faces with three levels of initial trustworthiness were occluded by a mask in Experiment 3. Results showed that both undergraduates (Experiment 1a) and non-student adults (Experiment 1b) perceived the faces with protective clothing as more trustworthy than faces wearing standard masks and faces not wearing masks. Faces with the top halves showing were perceived as trustworthy as full faces, while faces with the bottom halves showing were perceived as less trustworthy. The effect of masks is weak and complex. Masks reduced participants' trust in faces with high initial trustworthiness, had no effect on faces with low and moderate initial trustworthiness, and only slightly increased the trust of undergraduates in faces with moderate initial trustworthiness. Our findings indicate that the lack of information caused by occlusion and the social significance associated with occlusion collectively affect people's trust behavior in Chinese society. We believe the findings of this study will be useful in elucidating the effects of personal protective equipment usage on perceptions of trustworthiness.
关键词	Protective clothing Mask Trustworthiness Investment game Facial occlusion
	2024-06-10
语种	英语
DOI	10.1186/s41235-024-00565-7
发表期刊	COGNITIVE RESEARCH-PRINCIPLES AND IMPLICATIONS
ISSN	2365-7464
卷号	9 期号:1 页码:14
收录类别	SCI
资助项目	Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province
出版者	SPRINGER
WOS关键词	TRUST ; RECOGNITION ; FEATURES ; FACES
WOS研究方向	Psychology
WOS类目	Psychology, Experimental
WOS记录号	WOS:001242921600001
资助机构	Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	https://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/49344
通讯作者	Wang, Weiping; Wang, Yong
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, 16 Lincui Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Zhejiang Sci Tech Univ, Dept Psychol, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples R China 4.Univ Int Relat, Res Ctr Psychol Educ, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Weiping,Li, Zhifan,Lin, Xin,et al. Influence of protective clothing and masks on facial trustworthiness in an investment game: insights from a Chinese population study[J]. COGNITIVE RESEARCH-PRINCIPLES AND IMPLICATIONS,2024,9(1):14.
APA	Wang, Weiping,Li, Zhifan,Lin, Xin,Sun, Yu-Hao P.,Wang, Zhe,&Wang, Yong.(2024).Influence of protective clothing and masks on facial trustworthiness in an investment game: insights from a Chinese population study.COGNITIVE RESEARCH-PRINCIPLES AND IMPLICATIONS,9(1),14.
MLA	Wang, Weiping,et al."Influence of protective clothing and masks on facial trustworthiness in an investment game: insights from a Chinese population study".COGNITIVE RESEARCH-PRINCIPLES AND IMPLICATIONS 9.1(2024):14.