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Friday, March 18, 2016

How To Look Intelligent

Keeping Eyes Open and Not Frowning Will Make You Look Intelligent, Study Finds

'People over generalise in judging those with droopy eyelids,' says Dr Talamas

Matt Payton | March 17, 2016



Avoiding a resting face with half-opened eyes and a frowning face will make you look more intelligent, a new psychological study has found.
Psychologists from St Andrews University found these facial cues were important factors in how people were perceived, beyond the affect of attractiveness.

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Blinded by beauty. Source: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2016/title,393274,en.php

<more at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/keeping-eyes-open-and-not-frowning-will-make-you-look-intelligent-st-andrews-psychology-study-finds-a6936441.html; related links and articles: http://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-why-we-re-likely-to-assume-prettier-people-are-smarter (Here's why you subconsciously assume prettier people are more intelligent. Life's not fair. March 3, 2016) and http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2016/title,393274,en.php (Blinded by Beauty. February 19, 2016)>

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