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Personal experience trumps public reputation when people judge others' refusals

A research team led by Professor Hitoshi Yamamoto of Rissho University experimentally examined how people evaluate others when a person's public reputation conflicts with their own experience with that person. The study was published Sept. 14, 2026, in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior.

Personal experience trumps public reputation when people judge others' refusals
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A research team led by Professor Hitoshi Yamamoto of Rissho University experimentally examined how people evaluate others when a person's public reputation conflicts with their own experience with that person. The study was published Sept. 14, 2026, in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior.

Originally published at Phys.org

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