Who likes whom? The interaction between perceiver personality and target look

We investigated determinants of liking at zero-acquaintance, focusing on individual differences in perceivers’ reactions to appearance cues. Perceivers (N = 385) viewed portrait photographs Targets 146). Perceiver’s Agreeableness and Extraversion were uniquely associated with targets. who expressed positive emotions, looked relaxed, physically attractive, healthy energetic, the most liked. There substantial how influenced by For instance, generally rated targets displayed non-Duchenne (fake) smiles less favorably than did not smile or Duchenne (authentic) smiles. However, elicited especially negative ratings from high Neuroticism Conscientiousness, but low Agreeableness.