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**TorryJens** · 03-16-2006, 08:00 AM

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David Perrett, professor of psychology at St Andrew’s University in Scotland, says that the results are unsurprising. “We’re actually pretty good at judging somebody’s personality by looking at their face – people get it right more than 50% of the time. In this study, people judging a face for competence in a politician were looking for attributes such as leadership qualities and dominance.”

“We shouldn’t be surprised if testosterone (and its effects) shows up on the face in terms of bone growth – an angular jaw or prominent cheekbones,” he says.

He notes that the former Conservative leader William Hague, who lost to the current UK prime minister Tony Blair in 2001, has a “baby-face”.

Journal reference: Science (vol 308, p 1623) 2005 does is sounds like Samudrika Lakshana - the science of face reading?

03-16-2006, 08:00 AM	#16
TorryJens Join Date Nov 2008 Posts 4,494 Senior Member	Testosterone link David Perrett, professor of psychology at St Andrew’s University in Scotland, says that the results are unsurprising. “We’re actually pretty good at judging somebody’s personality by looking at their face – people get it right more than 50% of the time. In this study, people judging a face for competence in a politician were looking for attributes such as leadership qualities and dominance.” “We shouldn’t be surprised if testosterone (and its effects) shows up on the face in terms of bone growth – an angular jaw or prominent cheekbones,” he says. He notes that the former Conservative leader William Hague, who lost to the current UK prime minister Tony Blair in 2001, has a “baby-face”. Journal reference: Science (vol 308, p 1623) 2005 does is sounds like Samudrika Lakshana - the science of face reading?
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