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You 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 MendeSiedlecki shares the social psychology of first impressions and why they may indicate that, deep down, people are basically good.

Lesson by Peter MendeSiedlecki, animation by TOGETHER.