The details of the research, conducted at New York University, are reported in the latest issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Its results show that strangers resembling past individuals known to be trustworthy are trusted more by contrast, those similar to others known to be untrustworthy are trusted less. Our trust in strangers is dependent on their resemblance to others we’ve previously known, finds a new study by a team of psychology researchers.
