APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
To Trust or Not to Trust: The Role of Attention in Trust Decisions
Session: Poster Session I
Authors
- Lynneatte QueninPresenting Author
- Leaf Van Boven
University of Colorado Boulder - Eric Pedersen
University of Colorado Boulder - Marrissa Grant
University of Colorado, Boulder
Abstract
In a series of studies, participants’ attention was incidentally cued to one of two faces before deciding whom to trust in a partner choice game. We found that attention influenced trust decisions irrespective of facial characteristics, but attentional effects were weakened with distrust framing and strengthened with ingroup membership.
Decision Making
