Posted on 04/02/2014 8:51:35 PM PDT by chessplayer
Researchers have found we have an inbuilt ability to tell how intelligent a man is just by looking at them.
The team from the Czech Republic found people we unable to perform the same deduction on women.
The team admit they are baffled as to how we do it - and say it does not appear to be based on symmetry of the alignment of features.
Both men and women were able to accurately evaluate the intelligence of men by viewing facial photographs, they discovered.
'Faces that are perceived as highly intelligent are rather prolonged with a broader distance between the eyes, a larger nose, a slight upturn to the corners of the mouth, and a sharper, pointing, less rounded chin.
'By contrast, the perception of lower intelligence is associated with broader, more rounded faces with eyes closer to each other, a shorter nose, declining corners of the mouth, and a rounded and massive chin.
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I noticed that with the photos of the crowds at Obama rallies. Thanks chessplayer.
Thanks JJ.
Physiognomy is a rare talent.
“By contrast, the perception of lower intelligence is associated with broader, more rounded faces with eyes closer to each other, a shorter nose, declining corners of the mouth, and a rounded and massive chin.”
Examples:
CNN’s Roland Martin. I call him the round headed guy.
MSNBC’S Chris Matthews
MSNBC’S Ed Schultz.
Look at their photos online.
“Interesting. When I saw the pictures my impression of the picture on the left = jock and the one on the right = science student.”
Me too.
Male scientists tend to have low testosterone, jocks high.
But for women, higher testosterone is found in greater intelligence and in jocks.
Fits perfectly with both your observation and the study’s findings—including that the clues that work for men don’t work for women.
He should have had a moustache tattooed on while he was at it.
That’s a picture of me. Really!
Trust me. I have a trustworthy face. Just look at it.
You bet.
Imagine at Christmas dinner with all the relatives and a few friends and your son is sitting there looking like that with Monster on his forehead.
Making it even worse, you ask him what he would like to drink with dinner and he says a glass of milk.
The guy in the lower left corner fits perfectly:
“Faces that are perceived as highly intelligent are rather prolonged with a broader distance between the eyes, a larger nose, a slight upturn to the corners of the mouth, and a sharper, pointing, less rounded chin.”
“Imagine at Christmas dinner with all the relatives and a few friends and your son is sitting there looking like that with Monster on his forehead.”
I suppose that a career goal to be, say, the CEO of Boeing, is at this point somewhat unrealistic for this guy.
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