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Jan, 2011;215 (3-4): 209-23.

ALE meta-analysis on facial judgments of trustworthiness and attractiveness.

D Bzdok, R Langner, S Caspers, F Kurth, U Habel, K Zilles, A Laird, Simon B Eickhoff
Author Information
  1. D Bzdok: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
PMID: 20978908 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-010-0287-4

Abstract

Faces convey a multitude of information in social interaction, among which are trustworthiness and attractiveness. Humans process and evaluate these two dimensions very quickly due to their great adaptive importance. Trustworthiness evaluation is crucial for modulating behavior toward strangers; attractiveness evaluation is a crucial factor for mate selection, possibly providing cues for reproductive success. As both dimensions rapidly guide social behavior, this study tests the hypothesis that both judgments may be subserved by overlapping brain networks. To this end, we conducted an activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis on 16 functional magnetic resonance imaging studies pertaining to facial judgments of trustworthiness and attractiveness. Throughout combined, individual, and conjunction analyses on those two facial judgments, we observed consistent maxima in the amygdala which corroborates our initial hypothesis. This finding supports the contemporary paradigm shift extending the amygdala's role from dominantly processing negative emotional stimuli to processing socially relevant ones. We speculate that the amygdala filters sensory information with evolutionarily conserved relevance. Our data suggest that such a role includes not only "fight-or-flight" decisions but also social behaviors with longer term pay-off schedules, e.g., trustworthiness and attractiveness evaluation.

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Grants

  1. R01 MH074457/NIMH NIH HHS
  2. R01 MH074457-01A1/NIMH NIH HHS
  3. R01-MH074457-01A1/NIMH NIH HHS

MeSH Term

Algorithms
Beauty
Emotions
Face
Facial Expression
Female
Humans
Likelihood Functions
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Pattern Recognition, Visual
Recognition, Psychology
Social Perception
Trust
Journal Article Meta-Analysis Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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