Trustworthiness perception is mandatory: Task instructions do not modulate fast periodic visual stimulation trustworthiness responses.

ABSTRACT: Although it is often assumed that humans spontaneously respond to the trustworthiness of others' faces, it is still unclear whether responses to facial trust are mandatory or can be modulated by instructions. Considerable scientific interest lies in understanding whether trust processing is mandatory, given the societal consequences of biased trusting behavior. We tested whether neural responses indexing trustworthiness discrimination depended on whether the task involved focusing on facial trustworthiness or not, using a fast periodic visual stimulation electroencephalography oddball paradigm with a neural marker of trustworthiness discrimination at 1 Hz. Participants judged faces on size without any reference to trust, explicitly formed impressions of facial trust, or were given a financ

SUBMITTER: Swe DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9631496 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature