{
  "id": 5093627,
  "title": "Psychologists investigate how first impressions influence impressions of trustworthiness",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/psychologists-investigate-how-first-impressions-influence-impressions",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-02T13:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-psychologists-trustworthiness.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "First impressions of whether someone appears trustworthy are influenced by the faces we have just seen, according to new research from psychologists at the University of Aberdeen. The study is the first to show that our snap judgments of trustworthiness are not based solely on the face in front of us. Instead, they are subtly shaped by the faces we have encountered only moments earlier.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}