Making a Spectacle of Yourself: The Effect of Glasses and Sunglasses on Face Perception

We investigated the effect of wearing glasses and sunglasses on the perception of social traits from faces and on face matching. Participants rated images of people wearing no glasses, glasses and sunglasses on three social traits (trustworthiness, competence and attractiveness). Wearing sunglasses reduced ratings of trustworthiness. Participants also performed a matching task (telling whether two…Continue Reading Making a Spectacle of Yourself: The Effect of Glasses and Sunglasses on Face Perception