Trustworthiness appraisals of faces wearing a surgical mask during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany: An experimental study.
Miriam BiermannAnna SchulzeFranziska UnterseherKonstantina AtanasovaPaulina WatermannAnnegret Krause-UtzDagmar StahlbergMartin BohusStefanie LisPublished in: PloS one (2021)
A negative bias in trustworthiness appraisals of faces with a positive emotional expression covered by MNCs is linked to a participant's evaluation of MNCs as inefficient and burdening and their experience of high psychological distress.