The present study adopted a false recognition paradigm to explore the impact of psychological distance on spontaneous trait inferences (STI). Experiment 1 use 2 (pair type: picture-can be inferred trait words, picture-can’t be inferred trait words) × 2 (spatial distance: near, distant) mixed design. Then they were asked to decide whether they had seen the trait words in the previous sentence about this person to explore the formation of spontaneous trait inference. The results showed that, perceivers form more STI about spatially distal actors vs. spatially proximal actors. Experiment 2 use 2 (pair type: picture-can be inferred trait words, picture-can’t be inferred trait words) × 2 (temporal distance: near, distant) mixed design, participants’ response was the same as Experiment 1. The results showed that, perceivers form more STI about temporally distal (vs. proximal) actors. In sum, distant psychological distance facilitates STI formation compared with proximal psychological distance, results were discussed within the framework of construal level theory(CLT).