do looks correlate with intelligence

[awesomeguy]

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[Shrek]

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I would say yes... if ur better looking than u will get more help and support from ur teachers, peers and parents... even if it doesn't help people will perceive u as being smarter

 

[Mr.Cope]

yes

 

[awesomeguy]

I would say yes... if ur better looking than u will get more help and support from ur teachers, peers and parents... even if it doesn't help people will perceive u as being smarter

i feel like people see attractive people and think "they are dumb." kind of like the blonde girl stereotype

 

[Rkelly]

 

[awesomeguy]

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interesting, thanks!

 

[Hououin Kyouma]

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No they do not, no studies show that they do.

people who have Developmental problemsa lot of the time may have a lower IQ and ugly features, but being good looking does not correlate.

there are certain facial traits that do correlate with IQ in men however not with women.
It doesn’t really mean that being Good looking means a higher IQ

 

[Hououin Kyouma]

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0081237

We used static facial photographs of 40 men and 40 women to test the relationship between measured IQ, perceived intelligence, and facial shape. Both men and women were able to accurately evaluate the intelligence of men by viewing facial photographs. In addition to general intelligence, figural and fluid intelligence showed a significant relationship with perceived intelligence, but again, only in men. No relationship between perceived intelligence and IQ was found for women. We used geometric morphometrics to determine which facial traits are associated with the perception of intelligence, as well as with intelligence as measured by IQ testing. 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. By contrast, we found no correlation between morphological traits and real intelligence measured with IQ test, either in men or women.

These results suggest that a perceiver can accurately gauge the real intelligence of men, but not women, by viewing their faces in photographs; however, this estimation is possibly not based on facial shape. Our study revealed no relation between intelligence and either attractiveness or face shape.

 

[Hououin Kyouma]

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I wonder if this only applies to Caucasians

it was a small sample size but the results were really precise.

It would be interesting to see further testing.

it also looks like the less T yet still harmonious faces seem to be the ones that are higher in IQ