Dissociable Neural Modulation Underlying Lasting First Impressions, Changing Your Mind for the Better, and Changing It for the Worse

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Figure 2.
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LOFC activity elicited by physically unattractive compared with average attractiveness photographs predicts the extent to which final evaluations are more unfavorable for unattractive candidates (despite equivalent levels of competence in the job interview as average attractiveness candidates). A, Left LOFC region where activity was significantly greater for Unattractive compared with Average Attractiveness candidates. B, LOFC signal change for Unattractive compared with Average Attractiveness candidates (vertical axis) correlates with the additional time spent on Initial Evaluations of Unattractive compared with Average Attractiveness candidates (horizontal axis). C, LOFC signal change for Unattractive compared with Average Attractiveness candidates (vertical axis) correlates with the damage done by physical unattractiveness on Final Evaluations of competence (horizontal axis: competence ratings of Unattractive minus Average Attractiveness candidates).

  1. The Journal of Neuroscience vol. 33 no. 22 9337-9344
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