in love with someone or get attracted to someone at the very first
look. Find out the real secret behind the attraction.
All our lives, we're been told not to judge a book by the cover. We've
been told that people shouldn't be judged until we know them well
enough. These words may be told to you by the wisest and the greyest,
but that still can't stop you from going ahead and judging people by
their faces.
And it's not just you. Even the ones who told you not to do the
judging can't help but judge people at first glance.
So what do we call them? Hypocrites? Or perhaps, we should just blame our genes.
The first glance
How many times have you met someone and felt a sudden rush of
emotions, good or bad? There may have been times when you felt
uncomfortable hanging around someone new, and you couldn't wait to get
out of the room.
It may be your first date with a very cute guy or girl, but at times,
we just can't help it when our involuntary genes decide to kick in and
make the plans for us on the very first look.
The science behind the first look
Psychologists have found that people respond intuitively to faces so
rapidly that our reasoning minds may not have time to influence the
reaction. It's almost like an involuntary shiver.
We just can't rationalize our decision, and so we pretend to be very
intellectual and blame it our sharp instincts. These 'instincts' help
us choose the friends we would be most comfortable with, and also
helps us in choosing the right mate.
You've obviously known there was always something more than just good
looks that attracted you to your sweet heart, didn't you?
Facial features and the first glance
The link between facial features and character may not exist in reality.
Seriously, someone who looks bad doesn't necessarily have to be a bad
person, do they? But this fact doesn't stop our minds from sizing
other people in the first glance.
It may not be all about beauty and appearances, but we tend to decide
very quickly whether a person has many of therequirements we feel are
rather important to the instinctive side of us, such as like ability
and warmth, even though we may not have exchanged a single word with
them.