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On our last episode we had a discussion about what voters care about when electing politicians…and we mentioned a prior episode where we discussed if something as seemingly arbitrary as looks factor into voter choice. Do more attractive politicians do better?We all know you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but if we're being honest we all do it on occasion anyway. Could it be that we also elect our politicians just based on how they look? Of course, there's the old idea of looking “presidential”, but how much power does that really have to sway an election?As we take some time off for the holidays, we thought it would be great to re-release that episode. We'll be back in a few weeks with brand new episodes! Thanks for listening!

From politics to every day life, humans have a tendency to form social groups that are defined in part by how they differ from other groups. Neuroendocrinologist Robert Sapolsky, author Dan Shapiro, and others explore the ways that tribalism functions in society, and discuss how—as social creatures—humans have evolved for bias. But bias is not inherently bad. The key to seeing things differently, according to Beau Lotto, is to "embody the fact" that everything is grounded in assumptions, to identify those assumptions, and then to question them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSCRIPT: 0:00 Intro 0:30 Robert Sapolsky on the hardwiring of social creatures and the “runaway trolley problem. 4:53 Alexander Todorov on typicality and how we perceive faces. 6:46 Dan Shapiro on when tribe loyalty supersedes logic. 8:00 Amy Chua on the importance of grouping our identities. 8:47 Dividing into groups is inevitable,says Sapolsky, but how we divide is fluid. 10:44 Beau Lotto and Todorov discuss how our brains evolved for assumptions and the psychological functions of first impressions. Our brain evolved to take what is meaningless to make it meaningful. Everything you do right now is grounded in your assumptions. Not sometimes, but all the time. We are kind of hardwired to figure out the intentions of other people. We turn the world into us's and thems. And we don't like the thems very much and are often really awful to them. That's the challenge of our tribalistic world that we're in right now. ROBERT SAPOLSKY: When you look at some of the most appalling realms of our behavior, much of it has to do with the fact that social organisms are really, really hardwired to make a basic dichotomy about the social world, which is those organisms who count as us's and those who count as thems. And this is virtually universal among humans. And this is virtually universal among all sorts of social primates that have aspects of social structures built around separate social groupings, us's and thems. We turn the world into us's and thems and we don't like the thems very much and are often really awful to them. And the us's, we exaggerate how wonderful and how generous and how affiliative and how just like siblings they are to us. We divide the world into us and them. And one of the greatest ways of seeing just biologically how real this fault line is is there's this hormone oxytocin. Oxytocin is officially the coolest, grooviest hormone on Earth because what everybody knows is it enhances mother infant bonding, and it enhances pair bonding in couples. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all know you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but if we're being honest we all do it on occasion anyway. Could it be that we also elect our politicians just based on how they look? Of course, there's the old idea of looking “presidential”, but how much power does that really have to sway an election?A famous paper by University of Chicago behavioral scientist Alexander Todorov provides us with some surprising insights. Just by flashing two faces of competing politicians for mere seconds, participants were able to accurately judge the outcomes of elections based on how competent they thought the politicians looked. It's a curious finding that raises more questions than it answers, and we dig into both on this episode.  

Life isn't fair. Some people just seem blessed with the ability to effortlessly charm anyone they meet. You know the kind of person, the one who can strike up a conversation with a complete stranger and end up with a new friend or business lead. How do they do it?生活是不公平的。有些人似乎很幸运能够毫不费力地吸引他们遇到的任何人。你知道那种人，他可以与一个完全陌生的人交谈，最终结交新朋友或业务主管。他们是怎么做到的呢？Well, it might seem like a magical power, but in fact there are a number of factors at work. So, can you learn to develop superhuman charm? The answer is: to a large extent, yes you can.好吧，这似乎是一种神奇的力量，但实际上有许多因素在起作用。那么，你能学会培养超人的魅力吗？答案是：在很大程度上，是的，你可以。But first, the bad news. Scientists have found that people initially judge each other based purely on physical appearance. With just a fleeting glimpse of a face, people make snap judgements about each other's likeability, trustworthiness and confidence, according to Alexander Todorov, professor of psychology at Princeton University.但首先，坏消息。科学家们发现，人们最初纯粹根据外表来判断对方。普林斯顿大学心理学教授亚历山大·托多罗夫 (Alexander Todorov) 表示，只要瞥一眼一张脸，人们就会对彼此的可爱程度、可信度和信心做出快速判断。How to counteract this? There's one incredibly simple tool: your smile. Todorov told the BBC that people perceive a smiling face as “more trustworthy, warmer and sociable”. It sounds like common sense, doesn't it? Smile and others will smile with you.如何应对这种情况？有一个非常简单的工具：你的微笑。托多罗夫告诉 BBC，人们认为笑脸“更值得信赖、更热情、更善于交际”。这听起来像是常识，不是吗？微笑，别人会和你一起微笑。What other tricks might we have up our sleeves? Former FBI agent Jack Schafer has been trained in how to influence people. He told BBC Capital: “Our brains are always surveying the environment for friend or foe signals.” Three things we can do to signal that we are not a threat are to: raise our eyebrows quickly, tilt our heads slightly, and, once again, to smile.我们还能有什么其他的技巧呢？前 FBI 特工 Jack Schafer 接受过如何影响他人的培训。他告诉 BBC Capital：“我们的大脑一直在调查环境中的朋友或敌人信号。”我们可以做三件事来表明我们不是威胁：快速抬起眉毛，稍微倾斜头部，再次微笑。So we've looked at body language, but of course what you say is hugely important too, unless you want to just stand there grinning foolishly. Here Schafer recommends that “the golden rule of friendship is if you make people feel good about themselves, they're going to like you.” In other words, you need to show interest in them, instead of talking about yourself and all your wonderful achievements. And while you're chatting, remember this: another way of showing interest is to mirror their physical position.所以我们已经研究了肢体语言，但当然你说的话也非常重要，除非你只想站在那里傻笑。谢弗在这里建议“友谊的黄金法则是，如果你让人们对自己感觉良好，他们就会喜欢你。”换句话说，你需要对他们表现出兴趣，而不是谈论你自己和你所有的精彩成就。在聊天时，请记住这一点：表达兴趣的另一种方式是反映他们的身体位置。Another way to form a connection? Find common ground. Suzanne de Janasz, a professor of management with Seattle University, says that charming people are particularly adept at seeking out shared interests or experiences to help them build rapport. Simple things like asking where someone's from really can open up a discussion and allow you to find areas in common. And if all else fails, you can fall back on that most British of topics: the weather. Glorious day, isn't it?建立联系的另一种方式？找到共同点。西雅图大学管理学教授 Suzanne de Janasz 说，有魅力的人特别善于寻找共同的兴趣或经历来帮助他们建立融洽的关系。简单的事情，比如询问某人来自哪里真的可以开启讨论，让你找到共同的领域。如果一切都失败了，你可以回到最英国的话题：天气。光荣的一天，不是吗？词汇表blessed 命好的，幸运的effortlessly 不费吹灰之力地strike up a conversation（与人）攀谈complete stranger 彻头彻尾的陌生人lead 线索，头绪superhuman 超乎常人的to a large extent 在很大程度上snap judgement 快速、草率的判断likeability 喜欢程度trustworthiness 可信度counteract 对抗sociable 合群的，好交际的have something up your sleeve “留一手”，暗藏某物以备不时之需foe 敌人tilt（使）倾斜grin 咧嘴笑golden rule 黄金法则，重要的原则mirror 效仿common ground 共同点rapport 融洽的关系fall back on 借助于

There are a number of complications following infection with Covid-19 that doctors are continuing to find in hospitals. One of the most significant is an acute kidney injury or AKI which can come alongside the disease and NICE has just published rapid guidance to help healthcare staff on the Covid frontline who are not kidney specialists. Inside Health’s Erika Wright has been following staff at Southampton General Hospital during the coronavirus outbreak and meets Kirsty Armstrong, Clinical Lead for Renal Services, to discuss managing kidneys and Covid. Could injecting blood donated from a patient who has recovered from Covid 19 into someone who is ill help the recipient recover too? It’s a potentially viable treatment with a long history, known as convalescent plasma therapy, and trials of this technique against Covid are beginning around the world. We hear from Jeff Henderson, Professor of Medicine at Washington University in St Louis, on progress in the world’s largest trial of this passive immunisation against the virus in the US, and from James Gill, Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Warwick Medical School, who’s been following the latest game-changing refinement of this therapy. Just as the rest of us have been getting better at zoom meetings and remembering to unmute ourselves when we want to speak, so have GPs who are now getting rather good at having online consultations. Will this change the way we “go to the doctor” forever or is there sometimes no substitute for face to face contact? Dr Margaret McCartney gives a GP’s insights. As more people begin to wear face masks what kind of impact does it have on communication when a person’s mouth is covered up and it’s hard to tell whether someone is happy or cross? Claudia discusses this question with George Hu, a clinical psychologist in Shanghai where masks have now become ubiquitous, and Alexander Todorov, Professor of Psychology at Princeton University and author of the book “Face Value : The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions”. Are we more versatile in interpreting a masked person’s mood or intentions than we think? Producer: Adrian Washbourne

The prevailing view on how we think is that we use language: through writing our thoughts down, or debating them with friends, or reading other people’s words in books. But might there be some concepts, some feelings, some images, that are beyond words? After all, what’s the point of visual art or design or classical music if they don’t have meaning without the words to describe them? What are our thoughts really made of? The psychologist Barbara Tversky has a wrench to throw in the argument that language is behind cognition. She makes the case that movement and spatial reasoning are the real keys to understanding our bodies and their place in the world, as well as the wildly abstract thoughts we come up with.Go beyond the episode:Barbara Tversky’s Mind in MotionListen to our interview with Alexander Todorov about the science of first impressions—an example of how the speed of our visual thinking can compromise its accuracyThe method of loci—or using a memory palace—is ancient evidence for spatial reasoningAustralian aboriginal songlines—written about most famously in Bruce Chatwin’s book The Songlines—are used to navigate physical and spiritual spaceTune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Follow us on Twitter @TheAmScho or on Facebook.Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • AcastHave suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes! Our theme music was composed by Nathan Prillaman.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The prevailing view on how we think is that we use language: through writing our thoughts down, or debating them with friends, or reading other people’s words in books. But might there be some concepts, some feelings, some images, that are beyond words? After all, what’s the point of visual art or design or classical music if they don’t have meaning without the words to describe them? What are our thoughts really made of? The psychologist Barbara Tversky has a wrench to throw in the argument that language is behind cognition. She makes the case that movement and spatial reasoning are the real keys to understanding our bodies and their place in the world, as well as the wildly abstract thoughts we come up with.Go beyond the episode:Barbara Tversky’s Mind in MotionListen to our interview with Alexander Todorov about the science of first impressions—an example of how the speed of our visual thinking can compromise its accuracyThe method of loci—or using a memory palace—is ancient evidence for spatial reasoningAustralian aboriginal songlines—written about most famously in Bruce Chatwin’s book The Songlines—are used to navigate physical and spiritual spaceTune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Follow us on Twitter @TheAmScho or on Facebook.Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • AcastHave suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes! Our theme music was composed by Nathan Prillaman. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We all get gut instincts when we walk into a room of strangers. Do we fit in here? Do these people seem friendly? Snap judgments are simply a part of how we function. But Princeton University psychology professor Alexander Todorov says that while these first impressions are natural, we should try to resist them.

FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. https://fosdem.org/2019/ Kiwi TCMS open source on GitHub https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi Follow Alexander Todorov https://twitter.com/atodorov_ Fosdem 2019 with Alexander Todorov, Kiwi TCMS - Open Source is for everyone Eddie is passionate for #opensource #github #remote #startup & #inclusion. Founder of @DashboardHub - open source coding is for everyone Equipment: Sony A7III, Tamron 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III RXD and iMac Pro with Final Cut Pro Website & Newsletter: http://eddiejaoude.github.io GitHub: https://github.com/eddiejaoude YouTube: http://youtube.com/eddiejaoude Twitter: http://twitter.com/eddiejaoude Instagram: http://instagram.com/eddiejaoude/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/eddiejaoude

Our faces broadcast information about us: whether we're smart, warm, trustworthy. How do these signals influence decision-making – and are they accurate? Psychologist Alexander Todorov discusses the science behind face value. (Visit our website to watch the video version of this episode.)

Bronwyn Tarr discusses her research on how music and dance can help us form bonds. Alexander Langlands discusses the value of craft and and working with our bodies. Alexander Todorov helps us understand the science of first impressions. Mike Rutter shares his wisdom about passing on knowledge to future generations.

Yale professor Alexander Todorov talks about the science of first impressions. Coral Vita cofounder Sam Teicher talks about what his organization is doing to help revitalize damaged coral reefs. Activist Trebbe Johnson talks about the importance of encountering wounded places in our environment. Kassia St. Clair discusses the biographies of colors.

Host: David Adler, C.E.O. and Founder, BizBash Media Guests: David Becker, C.E.O. zkipster In this sponsored episode of GatherGeeks, BizBash C.E.O. David Adler teams up with David Becker, C.E.O. of event software zkipster, to talk about how good first impressions lead to successful events. Mr. Becker shares his insights on how event technology platforms have proven to be an integral piece of the puzzle at modern events, and what tools are most important. The pair is joined by Dr. Alexander Todorov, a Princeton psychologist cited worldwide for his work on first impressions, who uncovers more of the science and methodology behind putting your best foot forward first.  

The science behind our judgement of faces for their trustworthiness, competency, and character.

Want to know the science behind making an impactful first impression? Prof. Alexander Todorov is a world leading professor of psychology at Princeton University and he shares why you only get one chance to make a first impression in business on this episode of the podcast. I’ve laid out the most important and actionable suggestions […] The post #554: Why You Only Get ONE CHANCE To Make A First Impression appeared first on Salesman.org.

Visualizing hurricanes, elections, and other future events; the Jefferson Davis Highway; Margaret Calvert and British road signs; Alexander Todorov’s Face Value

Psychologist Alexander Todorov tells us how we’ve got it all wrong on the science of first impressions—and warns of physiognomy’s dangerous return—while Elizabeth Wilson gives us a glimpse into the secret, sexy history of tennis, just in time for the Wimbledon finals. Go beyond the episode: Alexander Todorov’s Face Value: The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions  Explore the Social Perception Lab at Princeton, where you can watch videos of how our visual stereotypes map onto faces Watch how bias shapes photographic portraits in this experiment from Canon Australia Elizabeth Wilson’s Love Game: A History of Tennis from Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon And, of course: live updates from Wimbledon Tune in every two weeks to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • Acast Have suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Psychologist Alexander Todorov tells us how we’ve got it all wrong on the science of first impressions—and warns of physiognomy’s dangerous return—while Elizabeth Wilson gives us a glimpse into the secret, sexy history of tennis, just in time for the Wimbledon finals. Go beyond the episode: Alexander Todorov’s Face Value: The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions  Explore the Social Perception Lab at Princeton, where you can watch videos of how our visual stereotypes map onto faces Watch how bias shapes photographic portraits in this experiment from Canon Australia Elizabeth Wilson’s Love Game: A History of Tennis from Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon And, of course: live updates from Wimbledon Tune in every two weeks to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • Acast Have suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.