Facial Trustworthiness Perception Across the Adult Lifespan

Pehlivanoglu, Didem; Lin, Tian; Lighthall, Nichole R.; Wilson, Robert; Turner, Gary R.; Spreng, R. Nathan; Ebner, Natalie C.

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“…The correlation between the present study’s subjective face trustworthiness ratings and the face trustworthiness ratings (norm ratings) from Pehlivanoglu et al (2022) was high ( r = 0.72), supporting strong convergence across the two studies.…”

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“…https://psyarxiv.com/rknu2/4 The correlation between the present study's subjective face trustworthiness ratings and the face trustworthiness ratings (norm ratings) fromPehlivanoglu et al (2022) was high (r = 0.72), supporting strong convergence across the two studies.5 This approach allowed us to model both linear and quadratic effects of face trustworthiness on brain activity, while maintaining sufficient number of trials within each face trustworthiness level for robust estimation.…”

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“…The main effect of age group was not significant [ F (1, 93) = 1.03, p = 0.31, η p 2 = 0.01], suggesting no age-related differences in overall face trustworthiness ratings. The main effect of face trustworthiness level was significant [ F (3.01 , 280.25) = 70.98, p < 0.001, η p 2 = 0.43], in that both young and older participants gave higher trustworthiness ratings to faces with higher levels of trustworthiness, indicating high consistency in trustworthiness ratings between the current sample and the independent norm sample ( Pehlivanoglu et al, 2022 ). This main effect of face trustworthiness level was further qualified by a significant age moderation [ F (3.01, 280.25) = 3.68, p = 0.013, η p 2 = 0.038].…”

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“…Previous work had demonstrated that amygdala response was better predicted by consensus ratings (e.g., averaged ratings across a group of individuals) than by individual ratings ( Engell et al, 2007 ). We therefore based the levels of face trustworthiness in our analyses on norm ratings (from an independent study by Pehlivanoglu et al, 2022 ) 3 rather than on our study participants’ individual ratings. 4 In particular, Pehlivanoglu et al (2022) comprised 87 young ( M = 30.98 years, SD = 4.46, 25–39 years, 28% females), 59 middle-aged ( M = 51.91 years, SD = 6.09, 44–59 years, 64% females), and 47 older ( M = 65.64 years, SD = 4.22, 60–78 years, 70% females) adults who rated the trustworthiness of each face in the FACES database (“ How trustworthy is this face?”) on a scale ranging from 0 (“ Not at all trustworthy ”) to 100 ( “Extremely trustworthy”) .…”

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“…We therefore based the levels of face trustworthiness in our analyses on norm ratings (from an independent study by Pehlivanoglu et al, 2022 ) 3 rather than on our study participants’ individual ratings. 4 In particular, Pehlivanoglu et al (2022) comprised 87 young ( M = 30.98 years, SD = 4.46, 25–39 years, 28% females), 59 middle-aged ( M = 51.91 years, SD = 6.09, 44–59 years, 64% females), and 47 older ( M = 65.64 years, SD = 4.22, 60–78 years, 70% females) adults who rated the trustworthiness of each face in the FACES database (“ How trustworthy is this face?”) on a scale ranging from 0 (“ Not at all trustworthy ”) to 100 ( “Extremely trustworthy”) . Based on that data, we categorized the 64 face images used in the present study into five face trustworthiness levels.…”

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Age-Related Differences in Amygdala Activation Associated With Face Trustworthiness but No Evidence of Oxytocin Modulation

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The amygdala has been shown to be responsive to face trustworthiness. While older adults typically give higher face trustworthiness ratings than young adults, a direct link between amygdala response and age-related differences in face trustworthiness evaluation has not yet been confirmed. Additionally, there is a possible modulatory role of the neuropeptide oxytocin in face trustworthiness evaluation, but the results are mixed and effects unexplored in aging. To address these research gaps, young, and older adults were randomly assigned to oxytocin or placebo self-administration via a nasal spray before rating faces on trustworthiness while undergoing functional magnetic resonance imaging. There was no overall age-group difference in face trustworthiness ratings, but older compared to young participants gave higher trustworthiness ratings to ambivalently untrustworthy-looking faces. In both age groups, lower face trustworthiness ratings were associated with higher left amygdala activity. A comparable negative linear association was observed in right amygdala but only among young participants. Also, in the right amygdala, lower and higher, compared to moderate, face trustworthiness ratings were associated with greater right amygdala activity (i.e., positive quadratic (U-shaped) association) for both age groups. Neither the behavioral nor the brain effects were modulated by a single dose of intranasal oxytocin administration, however. These results suggest dampened response to faces with lower trustworthiness among older compared to young adults, supporting the notion of reduced sensitivity to cues of untrustworthiness in aging. The findings also extend evidence of an age-related positivity effect to the evaluation of face trustworthiness.

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Facing Trustworthiness: Age-Group Differences in Trust-Related Decision-Making and Learning

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Facial impressions contribute to evaluations of trustworthiness. Older adults are especially vulnerable to trust violations, incurring risks for deception and exploitation. Using the newly developed Social Iowa Gambling Task (S-IGT), we examined age-group differences in the impact of facial trustworthiness on decision-making. Advantageous decks were represented by trustworthy (congruent condition, CS-IGT) or untrustworthy (incongruent condition, IS-IGT) faces and disadvantageous decks were represented by untrustworthy faces in the CS-IGT and by trustworthy faces in the IS-IGT. Younger (n = 143) and older (n = 129) participants completed either the standard IGT, CS-IGT, or IS-IGT. Both age groups preferred trustworthy faces in their initial choices. Older adults performed worse than younger adults across all tasks over time. Further, compared to younger adults, older adults performed worse on the IS-IGT, suggesting that incongruent facial cues interfered with older adults’ performance, which aligns with reduced sensitivity to negative social reputations in aging. Exploratory multilevel modeling indicated that age-group differences were most pronounced in the last 40 trials across all tasks. Together these findings indicate that differences between younger and older adults in experience-dependent decision-making are magnified in social contexts that involve a “wolf in sheep’s clothing,” which may reflect age-related difficulties in information integration.

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Perception and Learning of Other People’s Trustworthiness: Comparison Between Older and Younger Adults

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Humans, as prosocial animals, expose themselves to the risk of exploitation if they fail to determine whether other individuals are trustworthy. People are keen to ascertain the trustworthiness of others that they instantly form initial impressions of others' trustworthiness from perceptual cues, especially from faces. However, because perceived trustworthiness has low predictive validity, "true" trustworthiness of another individual must be learned from that person's actual behavior. Considering the increasing societal and scholarly attention to fraud victimization among older adults, we conducted a series of studies comparing the perceptions and learning of other people's trustworthiness between older and younger adults. The results showed a cross-age similarity in trustworthiness perception (Study 1), but an age-related decline in trustworthiness learning (Study 2). Furthermore, ventral striatal activity was found to be related to older adults' failure to learn trustworthiness, suggesting the involvement of motivational mechanisms (Study 3).

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Facial Trustworthiness Perception Across the Adult Lifespan

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Age-Related Differences in Amygdala Activation Associated With Face Trustworthiness but No Evidence of Oxytocin Modulation

Age-Related Differences in Amygdala Activation Associated With Face Trustworthiness but No Evidence of Oxytocin Modulation

Facing Trustworthiness: Age-Group Differences in Trust-Related Decision-Making and Learning

Perception and Learning of Other People’s Trustworthiness: Comparison Between Older and Younger Adults

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