As I discuss in my book SNAP First Impressions are highly accurate with a couple of caveats, If you are physically attracted to someone the accuracy of your first impression goes down significantly.
Some of you are saying that explains my first marriage.
According to research, you can fall in love at first sight, especially if you BELIVE you can. Again according to research men are more likely to fall in love at first sight. Men are more likely to do so if the receiver of the love, at first sight, matches their physical ideal of physical attractiveness. And if a man falls in love at first sight and marries, it is more likely to lead to a long-term happy relationship for both members of the couple.
In my book I say,
In American culture, we decide whether or not we like someone in the first
10 seconds of an interaction. 10 to ninety seconds is not a lot of time we are
not exchanging a lot of words. We are exchanging a lot of nonverbal
communication. We can exchange up to ten thousand nonverbal cues in less than
one minute of interaction. (That is in any minute of interaction) with someone.
Obviously, there is no way you can possibly process ten thousand cues at the
conscious level you process most of body language cues at the subconscious
level. In looking for the right love you need to bring some of that
subconscious knowledge up to your conscious control. To notice bodies like you
have never noticed bodies before.
