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Appearance-based Impressions

Appearance-Based Impressions is a psychological construct within interpersonal perception that refers to the initial judgments formed about an individual based on observable physical characteristics, distinguishing it from other impression-forming processes by its exclusive reliance on morphological, sartorial, and behavioral cues perceived at first encounter.

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Very first impressions.

Moshe Bar, Maital Neta, Heather Linz · Emotion · 2006 · 692 citations

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Social Psychological Face Perception: Why Appearance Matters

Leslie A. Zebrowitz, Joann M. Montepare · Social and Personality Psychology Compass · 2008 · 670 citations · Full text

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Why are narcissists so charming at first sight? Decoding the narcissism–popularity link at zero acquaintance.

Mitja D. Back, Stefan C. Schmukle, Boris Egloff · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2010 · 613 citations

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Personality Judgments Based on Physical Appearance

Laura P. Naumann, Simine Vazire, Peter J. Rentfrow et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 2009 · 539 citations

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Reading faces: window to the soul?

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 500 citations

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Authors

641

  1. LA
    Leslie A. Zebrowitz

    Brandeis University, United States

    12 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. AT
    Alexander Todorov

    Princeton University, United States

    7 publications · 876 citations

    7

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  3. DS
    Diane S. Berry

    Southern Methodist University, United States

    5 publications · 493 citations

    5

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  4. JK
    Jessica Kay Flake

    McGill University, Canada

    4 publications · 303 citations

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  5. BJ
    Bastian Jaeger

    Tilburg University, Netherlands

    4 publications · 223 citations

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Institutions

281

  1. Brandeis University

    Waltham, United States

    14 h-index

    35 publications

    3K citations

  2. The University of Osaka

    Osaka, Japan

    8 h-index

    17 publications

    575 citations

  3. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    516 citations

  4. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    951 citations

  6. Tilburg University

    Tilburg, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    757 citations

  7. New York University

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    526 citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    2.9K citations

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  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    18 publications · 2.5K citations

    16

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  2. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 14 publications · 1.7K citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    7 publications · 441 citations

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  4. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

    7 publications · 628 citations

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  5. Perceptual and Motor Skills

    7 publications · 246 citations

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