Don't trust a guy? Check out his eye colour and face shape
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According to this article here: http://shine.yahoo.com/love-sex/the-weird-truth-about-brown-eyed-men-165354757.html
Guys with brown eyes are deemed more trustworthy than their blue-eyed counterparts—and it all has to do with the shape of their faces, according to the results of a new study conducted by Charles University in Prague. For the study, researchers collected 80 photographs of men and women with either blue or brown eyes, then asked a group of 238 students to rate how trustworthy, attractive, or dominant the people in the photos seemed on a scale of one to 10.
The results showed that men with brown eyes were judged as more trustworthy than men with blue eyes (Women reflected the same trend but not anywhere as much as men did).
The researchers wanted to make sure it was specifically eye color that determined trustworthiness so they conducted a second study where they took the same faces but used a photo-editing program to swap the eye color of the subjects. So this time, the brown-eyed men and women had blue eyes and the blue-eyed subjects had brown eyes. When they asked a different group of 106 students to judge the photos for trustworthiness, the results were surprising:
The same faces that were deemed trustworthy in the first experiment were still judged as such, even though those people now had blue eyes, leading researchers to surmise that it's not the eye color itself but the shape of the face that signals trust. When they analyzed the faces, they found that the brown-eyed men had bigger mouths and noses, broader chins, and more prominent eyebrows—traits associated with classic "baby faces" which tend to convey feelings of trust.
"Eye color is something superficial, and nobody would expect there is a deeper association with the structure of the bones," says lead researcher Karel Kleisner. "We were a little bit surprised."
The significance of eye color may have evolutionary roots. Blue eyes only originated 10,000 years ago and were a rarity which made everyone who had them a hot commodity. So if men were pursuing blue-eyed babes more frequently than ladies with brown eyes, they may have cared less about other facial features which indicated trustworthiness. In the process, these less-trustworthy facial genes may have been passed on in blue-eyed men and women.
But no biggie if your honey has blue eyes. The connection between eye color and personality traits may be culture-specific. For example, says Kleisner, Turkish heritage dictates that blue eyes are associated with the Evil Eye, a glance that supposedly curses others. More research needs to be done across various cultures so in the meantime, judge a guy on his actions, not his eye color.
So to sum it up, brown eyes, big nose, mouth, chin, and prominent eye brows = trust. Well, 4/5 ain't too bad q=
Guys with brown eyes are deemed more trustworthy than their blue-eyed counterparts—and it all has to do with the shape of their faces, according to the results of a new study conducted by Charles University in Prague. For the study, researchers collected 80 photographs of men and women with either blue or brown eyes, then asked a group of 238 students to rate how trustworthy, attractive, or dominant the people in the photos seemed on a scale of one to 10.
The results showed that men with brown eyes were judged as more trustworthy than men with blue eyes (Women reflected the same trend but not anywhere as much as men did).
The researchers wanted to make sure it was specifically eye color that determined trustworthiness so they conducted a second study where they took the same faces but used a photo-editing program to swap the eye color of the subjects. So this time, the brown-eyed men and women had blue eyes and the blue-eyed subjects had brown eyes. When they asked a different group of 106 students to judge the photos for trustworthiness, the results were surprising:
The same faces that were deemed trustworthy in the first experiment were still judged as such, even though those people now had blue eyes, leading researchers to surmise that it's not the eye color itself but the shape of the face that signals trust. When they analyzed the faces, they found that the brown-eyed men had bigger mouths and noses, broader chins, and more prominent eyebrows—traits associated with classic "baby faces" which tend to convey feelings of trust.
"Eye color is something superficial, and nobody would expect there is a deeper association with the structure of the bones," says lead researcher Karel Kleisner. "We were a little bit surprised."
The significance of eye color may have evolutionary roots. Blue eyes only originated 10,000 years ago and were a rarity which made everyone who had them a hot commodity. So if men were pursuing blue-eyed babes more frequently than ladies with brown eyes, they may have cared less about other facial features which indicated trustworthiness. In the process, these less-trustworthy facial genes may have been passed on in blue-eyed men and women.
But no biggie if your honey has blue eyes. The connection between eye color and personality traits may be culture-specific. For example, says Kleisner, Turkish heritage dictates that blue eyes are associated with the Evil Eye, a glance that supposedly curses others. More research needs to be done across various cultures so in the meantime, judge a guy on his actions, not his eye color.
So to sum it up, brown eyes, big nose, mouth, chin, and prominent eye brows = trust. Well, 4/5 ain't too bad q=
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I wonder if the brown eyes thing is because generally blue eyes are associated with blonde hair and the whole "blue-eyed blonde" may remind many women of a playboy/player. Like a Ken doll. Whereas brown eyes are more down to earth.
I have greenish-gray eyes.0 -
Hmm strange correlation, I don't really think it makes any logical sense but then again I have blue eyes...0
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I do think dark hair and dark eyes are more soothing, and pleasing to look at, but then again, I WOULD say that!!! :laugh:
I think blondes have more fun tho :bigsmile:
As for reds, craaaaaaaaazy!! :noway:
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Why in Gods name did people do a study of this? :noway:0
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Why in Gods name did people do a study of this? :noway:
All in the name of science my friend :bigsmile:0 -
Why in Gods name did people do a study of this? :noway:
All in the name of science my friend :bigsmile:
Bah,might as well predict the weather by divining the entrails of a road killed possum.
Course the way they do predict the weather maybe that would be more accurate.0 -
Why in Gods name did people do a study of this? :noway:
???? Eh? Isn't it obvious?
You will see more virtual assistants on-line in the coming years: computer generated personalities that look real, talk and respond to inquiries, etc. However, they are 100% computer generated. Need to get info from a website? A virtual "person" appears and asks what you need. You can speak to the virtual assistant, they help you find the right gift for your girlfriend, answer questions about your mobile service, etc.
Now how should they look? Male or female? Deep voice? Soft voice? Blue or brown eyes? Round face? Obviously trustworthiness is a great trait if he/she is trying to sell you shoes, or whatever... Added bonus: the virtual assistant that appears can be linked to your demographic and psychographic profile: white, middle aged male customer will have a female virtual assistant who is young attractive, with a deep voice, when searching for shoes on Amazon. However, the same customer will see a male assistant, late 40's, round face, brown eyes, when looking for power tools.
You may laugh, but do you know the economic impact of increasing a website's conversion rate (% of visitors who actually purchase something) by just 1%? In some cases, hundreds of millions of dollars in additional revenue.
And congrats to Charles University Prague for doing the study.
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Why in Gods name did people do a study of this? :noway:
???? Eh? Isn't it obvious?
You will see more virtual assistants on-line in the coming years: computer generated personalities that look real, talk and respond to inquiries, etc. However, they are 100% computer generated. Need to get info from a website? A virtual "person" appears and asks what you need. You can speak to the virtual assistant, they help you find the right gift for your girlfriend, answer questions about your mobile service, etc.
Now how should they look? Male or female? Deep voice? Soft voice? Blue or brown eyes? Round face? Obviously trustworthiness is a great trait if he/she is trying to sell you shoes, or whatever... Added bonus: the virtual assistant that appears can be linked to your demographic and psychographic profile: white, middle aged male customer will have a female virtual assistant who is young attractive, with a deep voice, when searching for shoes on Amazon. However, the same customer will see a male assistant, late 40's, round face, brown eyes, when looking for power tools.
You may laugh, but do you know the economic impact of increasing a website's conversion rate (% of visitors who actually purchase something) by just 1%? In some cases, hundreds of millions of dollars in additional revenue.
And congrats to Charles University Prague for doing the study.
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Now, just cos you have brown hair and brown eyes, I trust what you're saying. :bigsmile:
Actually, that's a very good reason, are you in marketing by chance??
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Why in Gods name did people do a study of this? :noway:
???? Eh? Isn't it obvious?
You will see more virtual assistants on-line in the coming years: computer generated personalities that look real, talk and respond to inquiries, etc. However, they are 100% computer generated. Need to get info from a website? A virtual "person" appears and asks what you need. You can speak to the virtual assistant, they help you find the right gift for your girlfriend, answer questions about your mobile service, etc.
Now how should they look? Male or female? Deep voice? Soft voice? Blue or brown eyes? Round face? Obviously trustworthiness is a great trait if he/she is trying to sell you shoes, or whatever... Added bonus: the virtual assistant that appears can be linked to your demographic and psychographic profile: white, middle aged male customer will have a female virtual assistant who is young attractive, with a deep voice, when searching for shoes on Amazon. However, the same customer will see a male assistant, late 40's, round face, brown eyes, when looking for power tools.
You may laugh, but do you know the economic impact of increasing a website's conversion rate (% of visitors who actually purchase something) by just 1%? In some cases, hundreds of millions of dollars in additional revenue.
And congrats to Charles University Prague for doing the study.
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Wow,I honestly never could have imagined that even though now it does make complete sense in that light.
A bit unsettling to me too for some reason.0 -
Wow,I honestly never could have imagined that even though now it does make complete sense in that light.
A bit unsettling to me too for some reason.
Btw, this is nothing new. Print media already does this. Magazine models are carefully chosen based on similar research. Or why do you think Fox News TV anchors are blonde, blue eyed babes? Because the white, middle-aged, angry men that watch Fox like looking at them when they curse Obama...
But when targeted marketing hits the virtual world, it's ramped up considerably. Especially when the virtual assistant can be specifically customized to your specific profile. Your age, your zip code, your musical tastes, your political affiliation, where you have a credit card, what websites you visit (Facebook knows if you're logged in while surfing), etc., etc., etc. My guess is that Facebook and/or google will make another fortune selling that info to advertisers so they can better target you. And of course use it for their own ends.
Yes, it is quite frightening. No, you typically don't know it's happening. Yes, it's only just begun.
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Wow,I honestly never could have imagined that even though now it does make complete sense in that light.
A bit unsettling to me too for some reason.
Btw, this is nothing new. Print media already does this. Magazine models are carefully chosen based on similar research. Or why do you think Fox News TV anchors are blonde, blue eyed babes? Because the white, middle-aged, angry men that watch Fox like looking at them when they curse Obama...
But when targeted marketing hits the virtual world, it's ramped up considerably. Especially when the virtual assistant can be specifically customized to your specific profile. Your age, your zip code, your musical tastes, your political affiliation, where you have a credit card, what websites you visit (Facebook knows if you're logged in while surfing), etc., etc., etc. My guess is that Facebook and/or google will make another fortune selling that info to advertisers so they can better target you. And of course use it for their own ends.
Yes, it is quite frightening. No, you typically don't know it's happening. Yes, it's only just begun.
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Are you telling me that my insurance agent is not the porn star I *kitten* off over in the morning? :noway:
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Btw, by coincidence, just last week the leading voice recognition company in the world bought one of the leading creators of virtual agents. This is to create the kind of virtual assistants on-line (and on your mobile phone, and in your car, etc.) that I just wrote about. So, as I said, you will be seeing a lot more or this in the coming years.
http://blogs.forrester.com/kate_leggett/13-01-10-nuance_acquires_virtuoz_what_does_this_really_mean
Now, back to Single Peeps... :-)
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