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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology
  • Neuroimaging

Background:

  • Facial trustworthiness judgments are rapid and influenced by emotional and structural cues.
  • The precise temporal dynamics of trustworthiness perception remain largely unknown.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate the temporal dynamics of trustworthiness perception using event-related potentials (ERPs).
  • Examine the impact of trustworthiness on early face processing components (P1, N170, EPN).

Main Methods:

  • Recorded scalp event-related potentials (ERPs) while participants judged gender and trustworthiness of faces.
  • Analyzed ERP components including P1, N170, and early posterior negativity (EPN).
  • Utilized manipulated images of male and female faces varying in trustworthiness.

Main Results:

  • An increased N170 amplitude negativity over the right hemisphere reflected facilitated processing of socially significant faces (untrustworthy males, trustworthy females).
  • Trustworthiness modulated the early posterior negativity (EPN) during explicit trustworthiness judgments, but not gender judgments.
  • Neural responses indicated enhanced processing for faces deemed relevant for future social interactions.

Conclusions:

  • Trustworthiness perception involves rapid neural processing, with early ERP components reflecting social relevance.
  • The brain prioritizes processing of faces that are important for social decision-making and memory.
  • Negative ERP deflections are associated with the relevance of faces for navigating social environments.