In a new study, both male and female subjects were able to accurately evaluate the intelligence of men simply by viewing photographs of their faces. While many avow that you can't judge a book by its cover, researchers Karel Kleisner, Veronika Chvátalová, and Jaroslav Flegr, all based out of Charles University in the Czech Republic, showed that if that book is a man, you probably can. For the study, which is published in PLoS ONE, 80 science students from Charles University -- 40 men and 40 women -- took an in-depth exam to gauge their IQ and were subsequently photographed with neutral face expressions. Another 160 participants assessed the photographs, judging the subjects' attractiveness and intelligence on a scale of 1 (the highest ranking) to 7 (lowest ranking). When Kleisner, Chvátalová, and Jaroslav Flegr tore into the data, they returned an intriguing finding. "Raters were able to estimate intelligence with an accuracy higher than chance from static facial photographs of men but not from photos of women." Next, the team placed the photographed faces on computerized grids in an attempt to glean whether any facial features were associated with perceived intelligence. "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," the authors described. "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." (See the image above.)

fff, this is a mess.

idk why but i'm screaming

So basically a short nose and a square face = dumb?

Originally posted by PhreshDiamond Mess they are just the same face but with added fat for the stupid one

Originally posted by Wafflinson Imo it is due to the fact that people are treated as dumb. Then live down to the expectation.

Originally posted by caleb. I'm too stupid to even know the shape of my face.

This isn't meant to define individuals literally.

It is just a study on how humans perceive facial recognition and what characteristics are usually connotated with structure.

Like how people usually find symmetrical faces attractive, or think those with a wider jaw are more hostile.