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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You forgot that men whose eyes are close together are perceived as less intelligent. Kerry’s eyes are close together.
You must use all three criteria, of course. HaHa!
Recently I heard Kerry compared with Clutch Cargo, the early 1960s cartoon character who moved no part of his face but his mouth.
Thank you for that clarification.
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