Some Faces Just Get Away With Stuff

Some people are the unfortunate owners of faces that just look guilty, while others have faces that help them get away with stuff, according to the results of a study led by Brian C. Holtz of Temple University, published recently in the journal Personnel Psychology. In a series of three experiments, Holtz found that people were less likely to blame others who have more "trustworthy" faces. More specifically, we judge whether a person's actions were fair and done with the best of intentions...

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