Want to Look More Intelligent? Science Says Do These 9 Things
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Keep you're eyes open (literally)/tips to look intelligent 1.
Writing in the Journal of Experimental Psychology , researchers said they found people whose eyes drooped were perceived as being less intelligent. Their theory is that drooping eyes suggested depression or fatigue, both of which "adversely affect cognitive capacity."
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Lose weight/tips to look intelligent 2.
"A Czech study found that certain facial features--narrow faces, long noses, and thin chins--correlated with both perceived intelligence and attractiveness," reports The Atlantic . Barring plastic surgery, that means losing weight.
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Be perceived as a teetotaler/tips to look intelligent 3.
Researchers at the universities of Pennsylvania and Michigan came up with this research, which they termed "the imbibing idiot bias." In short, they found that simply holding an alcoholic beverage leads people to be "perceived ... [as] ... less intelligent than those who do not."
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Wear glasses/tips to look intelligent 4.
"Wearing eyeglasses can lead strangers to regard you as more intelligent," reports The Wall Street Journal , citing a 2011 study in the Swiss Journal of Psychology. However, the effect is most pronounced with thick glasses; wire rim or rimless glasses didn't carry the same benefit.
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Wear a subtle smile/tips to look intelligent 5.
Similar to the findings on keeping your eyes open, the same study found that "mouth curvature"--basically a subtle smile--suggested increased intelligence.
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7. Make eye contact and look directly at people./tip 6 .
Nora A. Murphy, an associate professor of psychology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, has done extensive research in this area, which suggests that "one of the strongest and most accurate signs of intelligence is looking at others when you are speaking to them," she told The Wall Street Journal . "And put away that phone."
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