Putting your best face forward: Posing biases in psychologists' online portraits.

IF 0.9 4区心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Laterality Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI:10.1080/1357650X.2022.2077745

Ven Yi Hew, Annukka K Lindell

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Abstract

When posing for portraits the position you adopt influences perceptions. As the left hemiface (controlled by the emotion-dominant right hemisphere) expresses emotion more intensely, left cheek portraits communicate stronger emotion than right cheek portraits. This phenomenon influences perceptions of both emotional expressivity and professional specialisation: while left cheek portraits emphasise emotion, right cheek portraits appear more scientific. When professionals upload photographs online to promote their services, the cheek shown consequently influences perceptions. Given the importance of empathy in establishing a therapeutic alliance, theoretically psychologists would benefit from choosing left cheek portraits to enhance their perceived emotionality. The present study thus examined psychologists' posing biases in photographs uploaded to online "Find a Psychologist" resources. Images (N = 1230) of psychologists were drawn from professional "Find a Psychologist" online databases, and coded for gender, portrait type and cheek shown. Results confirmed that psychologists show a left cheek bias, irrespective of gender and across portrait types (upper body, full body). This distinguishes psychologists from doctors and surgeons: past research reports no cheek bias in photos uploaded to "Find a Doctor" websites. The current findings suggest that psychologists may intuitively select left cheek images to enhance the communication of empathy to potential clients.

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展现你最好的一面:在心理学家的在线肖像中摆出偏见。

当你为肖像摆姿势时，你所采取的姿势会影响人们的看法。由于左脸(由控制情绪的右半球控制)更强烈地表达情绪，左脸肖像比右脸肖像传达更强烈的情绪。这种现象影响了人们对情感表达和专业专业化的看法:虽然左脸肖像强调情感，但右脸肖像似乎更科学。当专业人士在网上上传照片来宣传他们的服务时，照片上的脸颊会影响人们的看法。考虑到共情在建立治疗联盟中的重要性，理论上心理学家会从选择左脸颊肖像中受益，以增强他们感知到的情绪。因此，目前的研究调查了心理学家上传到网上“寻找心理学家”资源上的照片中的摆姿势偏见。研究人员从专业的“寻找心理学家”在线数据库中抽取了1230名心理学家的照片，并根据性别、肖像类型和面部表情进行了编码。结果证实，心理学家显示，无论性别和肖像类型(上半身，全身)，人们都倾向于左脸颊。这是心理学家与医生和外科医生的区别:过去的研究报告显示，上传到“找医生”网站上的照片没有面部偏见。目前的研究结果表明，心理学家可能会本能地选择左脸颊图像来增强与潜在客户的共情交流。

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Laterality Multiple-

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3.60

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7.10%

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期刊介绍： Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition publishes high quality research on all aspects of lateralisation in humans and non-human species. Laterality"s principal interest is in the psychological, behavioural and neurological correlates of lateralisation. The editors will also consider accessible papers from any discipline which can illuminate the general problems of the evolution of biological and neural asymmetry, papers on the cultural, linguistic, artistic and social consequences of lateral asymmetry, and papers on its historical origins and development. The interests of workers in laterality are typically broad.