Even people who harbor positive sentiments toward immigrants imagine immigrants’ faces as less trustworthy and less competent than US citizens’ faces
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Even people who harbor positive sentiments toward immigrants imagine immigrants’ faces as less trustworthy and less competent than US citizens’ faces
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Author Countries: USA
Funding: This work was facilitated by the National Science Foundation Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, grant #1764097 awarded to ART and grant #2215236 awarded to JWS. The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Journal
PLoS ONE
Article Title
Intergroup evaluative bias in facial representations of immigrants and citizens in the United States
Article Publication Date
24-Jul-2024
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Cite Scienmag News
Courtney Benton. (July 24, 2024). Even people who harbor positive sentiments toward immigrants imagine immigrants’ faces as less trustworthy and less competent than US citizens’ faces. Scienmag. https://scienmag.com/even-people-who-harbor-positive-sentiments-toward-immigrants-imagine-immigrants-faces-as-less-trustworthy-and-less-competent-than-us-citizens-faces/
Courtney Benton. "Even people who harbor positive sentiments toward immigrants imagine immigrants’ faces as less trustworthy and less competent than US citizens’ faces." Scienmag, 24 July 2024, https://scienmag.com/even-people-who-harbor-positive-sentiments-toward-immigrants-imagine-immigrants-faces-as-less-trustworthy-and-less-competent-than-us-citizens-faces/. Accessed 3 September 2026.
Courtney Benton. "Even people who harbor positive sentiments toward immigrants imagine immigrants’ faces as less trustworthy and less competent than US citizens’ faces." Scienmag. July 24, 2024. https://scienmag.com/even-people-who-harbor-positive-sentiments-toward-immigrants-imagine-immigrants-faces-as-less-trustworthy-and-less-competent-than-us-citizens-faces/
