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Should you trust your first impression? - Peter Mende-Siedlecki

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TED-Ed
Published
Jul 18, 2026
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443
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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/should-you-trust-your-first-impression-peter-mende-siedleckiYou can't help it; sometimes, you just get a bad feeling about someone that's hard to shake. So, what's happening in your brain when you make that critical (and often lasting) first judgment? Peter Mende-Siedlecki shares the social psychology of first impressions -- and why they may indicate that, deep down, people are basically good.Lesson by Peter Mende-Siedlecki, animation by TOGETHER. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices