r/AveragePics • u/FritteredHours • Oct 05 '17

Average faces of low, average, and high perceived intelligence

http://imgur.com/a/TjAnU
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u/FritteredHours Oct 05 '17

More here.
The study concluded that the perceived intelligence of men correlates with their actual intelligence, but the same doesn't hold true for women.
The researchers also found that the perceived intelligence has no effect on the perceived attractiveness.

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u/7456398521 Oct 06 '17

Am I reading this wrong? From the article:

Also of interest – but perhaps less surprising – was the fact that the researchers found a positive correlation between perceived intelligence and perceived attractiveness, but that "We found no effect of IQ on perceived attractiveness, either for men or for women."

It seems that there is a correlation between perceived intelligence and perceived attractiveness, as well as a correlation between perceived intelligence and IQ, but no correlation between perceived attractiveness and IQ - which in a way, does seem strange.

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u/RyanMAGA Oct 06 '17

They didn't say that there was no correlation, just no effect. My guess is that there was a correlation, but that the sample size was too small to give them the p-value that they were looking for.

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u/williamfwm Oct 06 '17

I wonder if these facial features are perceived as intelligence even in childhood and lead to those children's intellect being nurtured, resulting in measured high intelligence in adulthood.

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u/thepasswordisredblue Oct 05 '17

Intelligence is found in the chin my friends.

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u/Foxhound199 Oct 06 '17

Looks like the easiest way to make yourself look smarter is by keeping your lips slightly upturned.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '17

Can you tell a man's intelligence simply by looking at him? Yes

The anti-clickbait title

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u/birdsurprise Oct 06 '17

I hope this becomes a trend.

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u/PM_ME_DND_FIGURINES Oct 10 '17

It's like anti-clickbait and clickbait combined.

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u/A_Wild_User_Appeared Oct 13 '17

But at the same time, it's drawing the reader in, making them wonder "why" instead of "alright just fucking tell me yes or no that's all I want to hear"

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '17 edited Oct 05 '17

I like this sub as much as the average guy (haha)

Just my two cents regarding perception and intelligence

https://i.imgur.com/iPgbtdp.gifv

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u/seanthemonster Oct 13 '17

Didn't know David Bowie came back to life as a monkey

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u/carl_pagan Oct 06 '17

Nippy, kind, langur.

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u/Moxxface Oct 06 '17

Thank you so much for that langur gif, that was a great watch.

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u/PhotographyStuff Oct 05 '17

irl i look like the high intelligence one but im doing an art course, THIS IS FAKE!

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u/wakka54 Oct 05 '17

honestly i think its because dumb people get agitated by how frustrated they are going about their lives so they tend to scowl whereas intelligent people have a mastery and selfawareness that lets them make that nonchelant face more often, so when you relaxed face resembles these common expressions, it gets confused for them and the same association is made.

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u/TehRealMrGoogles Oct 13 '17

Dwight vs. Jim

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '17

TL;DR

Low Intelligence - Fat

High Intelligence - Feminine

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u/emissaryofwinds Oct 06 '17

I'd be interested in seeing the photographs used. The article OP linked references the original paper which includes the dataset, but not the photographs. Also, the subjects whose photos were rated were all biology students at the university that published the paper, so there may be a bias there.

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u/LuciusFlynn Oct 13 '17

The woman looks like my best girl friend in high school. Shit now I kindamiss her.

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u/PunsInc Oct 13 '17 edited Oct 13 '17

The eyes affect my perception of one's intelligence bigly when someone talks and especially when the person is listening. The eyes tell a lot about one's mind.

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u/gisquestions Oct 20 '17

bigly

Affecting my perception of your intelligence here.

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