First impressions are made in a fraction of a second.
24 08 2006Great Toastmaster Fodder right here!
Extract: “When we see a new face, our brains decide whether that person is attractive and trustworthy within one-tenth of a second, the results of new research indicate.
According to US psychologist, Alex Todorov, people respond intuitively to faces so rapidly, that their reasoning minds may not have time to influence the reaction.
“The link between facial features and character may be tenuous at best, but that doesn’t stop our minds from sizing other people up at a glance. We decide very quickly whether a person possesses many of the traits we feel are important, such as likeability and competence, even though we have not exchanged a single word with them”, Mr Todorov explained.”
