On a Bias about First Impressions

A first impression knowledge Bias?

Why our brains lead us astray when we take things at face value   Article by Diana Gitig 
A new book looks at how we overestimate what we can tell from a first impression.

" ... Professor Alexander Todorov’s new book, Face Value: The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions, is about much more than 19th-century pseudoscience. It’s about first impressions more generally. We all form them instantly—within 30-40 milliseconds, before we can consciously register even seeing a face. And we start exceptionally early on, probably at around seven months of age. We also seem to agree on these impressions, which makes the physiognomists’ promise so appealing.  .... "