Our tendency to sometimes over-gape at people with unusual, deformed, or very distinct, facial features has biological and evolutionary triggers, rather than being a desire to simply stare.
When someone unfamiliar approaches you in the aisle of a grocery store, a glance at his face and its expression helps your brain to sort that person into [...]
What’s in a face and why do we sometimes stare?
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 28 May, 2009 to the comment subset
Your credit worthiness is written in your face
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 24 March, 2009 to the comment subset
Good looking people have the best jobs, are with the hottest girls and/or guys, plus, are possibly even more likely, it seems, to score credit more readily than others if they have the “right” facial features.
Appearances certainly count. Women, for instance, judge men by their faces. Testosterone levels are reflected in the face, and who [...]
You’re more than a pretty face; no airbrushing needed
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 21 August, 2008 to the comment subset
Look at the first set of photos on this page, chances are you will find the faces on the right hand side more attractive. Now take a closer look at the differences between the left and right hand side images, in particular the eyes and months of the subjects.
It’s called “Data-Driven Enhancement of Facial Attractiveness”…
The [...]
