The total number of studies, categories, and signals included in our meta-analysis, along with our statistical estimation strategy. The numbers indicate the total counts of studies, categories, and ...

Therapy is informed not just by the practitioner's expertise but also by the patient's expectations about that expertise and how likely they are to benefit from it. Research suggests that therapists ...

Over the years a great deal of research has been done on two traits people often use to evaluate others. Research done on these two traits can be traced back to the 1940’s and has continued from then ...

Small mistakes can boost likability, humanize competence and deepen connection. Here’s the psychology behind why imperfection ...

When appraising people, what do you look for? What features of someone’s presence factor most heavily in your judgment of them? Converging research findings from multiple lines of inquiry have pointed ...

The so-called “warmth/competence trade-off” — in which people perceive an inverse relationship between empathy and competence — may not hold true for physicians, according to a recent study from Yale ...

Perceived warmth and competence predict the influence of race, gender and age on callback decisions, suggesting social perceptions might underlie such hiring bias, according to a new meta-analysis.