dr. Bastian Jaeger

Bio

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Psychology at Tilburg University. Most of my research focuses on topics in social perception and decision-making. For example, I study how people form judgments about others and how accurate these judgments are (can people infer trustworthiness from facial appearance?). I also study in what contexts people rely on these judgments (do people prefer trustworthy-looking Airbnb hosts?). To answer these questions, I analyze data from the lab and the field, using a variety of methods such as web scraping, face classification algorithms, machine learning, face morphing, and economic games.

Courses

• The Psychology of Economics
• The Psychology of Economics
• Consumer Behavior

Top publications

1. Psychological barriers to effective altruism - An evolutionary perspe…

   Jaeger, B., & van Vugt, M. (2022). Psychological barriers to effective altruism: An evolutionary perspective. Current Opinion in Psychology, 44, 130-134.

2. Which facial features are central in impression formation?

   Jaeger, B., & Jones, A. L. (2022). Which facial features are central in impression formation? Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13(2), 553-561.

3. Can people detect the trustworthiness of strangers based on their fac…

   Jaeger, B., Oud, B., Williams, T., Krumhuber, E. G., Fehr, E., & Engelmann, J. B. (2022). Can people detect the trustworthiness of strangers based on their facial appearance? Evolution and Human Behavior, 43(4), 296-303.