Reading faces and bodies

Objectives

This week, I review evidence from social neuroscience on person perception and how we “read” signals from faces and bodies.

Key concepts

person perception, joint attention, trait inferences

Lecture slides

Discussion article

https://medium.com/@blaisea/physiognomys-new-clothes-f2d4b59fdd6a

Journal article

Todorov et al., 2015

Book chapter

Reading faces and bodies: Ward (2022, Chapter 5)