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Monday, January 30, 2012

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


Want your enemies to trust you? Put on your baby face

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 12:10 PM PST

Do baby-faced opponents have a better chance of gaining your trust? By subtly altering fictional politicians' faces, researchers examined whether minor changes in appearance can affect people's judgment about "enemy" politicians and their offer to make peace. In the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the research showed that peace offers from baby-faced politicians had a better chance of winning over the opposing population than the exact same offer coming from more mature-looking leaders.

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