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Altering facial preferences with context

2026-05-28

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Facial features are known to play a key role in how we judge a person’s traits. However, in many scenarios people do not evaluate a person in isolation but are required to compare and choose between multiple candidates. Yet, the principles that govern these decisions remain unknown. In economic literature, decisions are known to be influenced by the context of available options, but it is unclear to what extent th...

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Literature Corpus work: 4ca0ca6c-0e16-5f30-a879-6e9e6f7044d4
DOI: 10.64898/2026.05.27.727895

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