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"We make up our minds about others after seeing their faces for a fraction of a second--and these snap judgments predict all kinds of important decisions. For example, politicians who simply look more competent are more likely to win elections. Yet the character judgments we make from faces are as inaccurate as they are irresistible; in most situations, we would guess more accurately if we ignored faces. So why do we put so much stock in these widely shared impressions? What is their purpose if they are completely unreliable? In this book, Alexander Todorov, one of the world's leading researchers on the subject, answers these questions as he tells the story of the modern science of first impressions. Drawing on psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, computer science, and other fields, this accessible and richly illustrated book describes cutting-edge research and puts it in the context of the history of efforts to read personality from faces. Todorov describes how we have evolved the ability to read basic social signals and momentary emotional states from faces, using a network of brain regions dedicated to the processing of faces. Yet contrary to the nineteenth-century pseudoscience of physiognomy and even some of today's psychologists, faces don't provide us a map to the personalities of others. Rather, the impressions we draw from faces reveal a map of our own biases and stereotypes. A fascinating scientific account of first impressions, Face Value explains why we pay so much attention to faces, why they lead us astray, and what our judgments actually tell us."--
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Social psychology, Psychological aspects, Social perception, Face perception, Body image, Social psychiatry, Physiognomy, Body Physical Appearance, Facial Recognition, Social Perception, PSYCHOLOGY, Social Psychology, Personality, Cognitive Psychology, Erster Eindruck, Gesicht, Interpretation, Kognition, Physiognomie, Wahrnehmung, Persönlichkeit, Face perception -- Psychological aspectsShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Face value: the irresistible influence of first impressions
2017, Princeton University Press
in English
0691167494 9780691167497
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-309) and index.
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