Earlier research had shown that people make judgments about someone’s trustworthiness, competence, aggressiveness and other traits in a mere 1/10 of a second, by just looking at that person's face, or in another word, how that person makes people feel.
Now, in a study published recently, reseacher goes one depressing step further: these lightning-quick facial judgments can predict real-world election results, with 70% accuracy.
Oh, well...I didn't want to get elected, anyhow...
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ReplyDeleteMy wife's comment: "How did George Bush get elected?"
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