Inferences of Competence from Faces Predict Election Outcomes

By Alexander Todorov, Anesu N. Mandisodza, A. Goren, Crystal C. Hall. Science, 2005

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Facial appearance affects voting decisions. (2007, background): “This result is again in line with Todorov et al. (2005) , who show a link between hypothetical votes to images and real voting.”
Reconsidering the accuracy of follower leadership ratings (2015, background): “Thus, automatic inferences formed during the first encounter with a leader “can have subtle and often subjectively unrecognized effects on subsequent deliberative judgments” (Todorov et al., 2005, p. 1624).”
Images that Matter: Online Protests and the Mobilizing Role of Pictures (2018, background): “…seeking (Ryan 2012), issue-framing (Corrigall-Brown and Wilkes 2012; Rohlinger and Klein 2012), voting preferences (Rosenberg et al. 1986; Todorov et al. 2005), political attitudes (Dahmen 2012; Grabe and Bucy 2009; Wright and Citrin 2011), and even compliance with authoritarian regimes…”
Faces of politicians: Babyfacedness predicts inferred competence but not electoral success (2009, positive): “The Zebrowitz & Montepare (2005) conjecture that babyfacedness is an underlying predictor of electoral success is not supported by our data.”
The red sneakers effect: Inferring status and competence from signals of nonconformity. (2014, background): “…signals, such as appearance, verbal and nonverbal behaviors, attitudes, and consumption choices (Ambady and Rosenthal 1993; Dubois et al. 2012; Hall et al. 2005; Knapp et al. 2009; Magee 2009; Ridgeway and Correll 2006; Ridgeway et al. 1998; Schmid Mast and Hall 2004; Todorov et al. 2005).”
Charisma: An Ill-Defined and Ill-Measured Gift (2016, background): “…other interesting avenues to explore would be linking perceptual measures of charisma to biological individual differences like facial appearance (Todorov et al 2005, Trichas & Schyns 2012), height (Hamstra 2014) or other factors (e.g., hormones), as well as to looking at neuroscientific…”
A theory of heuristic and systematic information processing. (2012, background): “…initiative because Oprah opposes it, support a senator because the letter (“D” or “R”) next to the name matches the voter’s typical political preferences, or vote for a presidential candidate because their facial features convey an air of competence (see Hall et al., 2009; Todorov et al., 2005).”
EvaluaTiNg faCES ON TruSTwOrThiNESS afTEr miNimal TimE ExpOSurE (2009, background): “Although it has been argued that trait inferences from facial appearance are rapid and automatic (e.g., Todorov et al., 2005), there have been only a few studies showing that such inferences are made after minimal time exposure to faces (Ballew & Todorov, 2007; Bar, Neta, & Linz, 2006; Willis &…”