tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post2098447858176746940..comments2024-03-09T15:46:44.638+01:00Comments on For what they were... we are: Eye color, face shape and perception of trustworthinessMajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-6928227839433410142013-02-09T11:50:17.201+01:002013-02-09T11:50:17.201+01:00I see that this obsession of singers for classifyi...I see that this obsession of singers for classifying people (well, mostly women) by eye color is cosmopolitan. :DMajuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-65351507988321600292013-02-09T05:31:49.749+01:002013-02-09T05:31:49.749+01:00Yes, it would be very interesting to see this test...Yes, it would be very interesting to see this test done in other countries. <br /><br />A popular Lithuanian adage goes: "rudos akys apgaulingos" (=brown eyes are treacherous). An old song:<br />"Žalios akys apgaulingos, <br />rudų akių nemyliu, <br />o be mėlynų akelių <br />aš gyventi negaliu"<br /><br />Translation:<br />Green eyes are treacherous, <br />brown eyes I don't love,<br />but without the blue eyes I cannot live.linkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13241090889262219841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-63954222081672088892013-01-13T00:02:48.928+01:002013-01-13T00:02:48.928+01:00If you read the study, that was done, and a very s...If you read the study, that was done, and a very small bias was detected only among brown eyed women (but it did not explain most of the results). Blue and brown eyed people responded essentially the same. However, when the eye color was carefully photoshopped, the pattern persisted but not towards apparent blue eyes but towards real blue eyes not visible anymore. That's why the authors considered the face shape pattern as a more likely cause, at least for males (although there might be other reasons as skin tone or hair color which AFAIK were not tested for). <br /><br />Also, as I mentioned in the update, the study was done in the Czech Republic and may reflect local peculiarities. It'd be interesting to do similar tests in other ethnic contexts like Britain, Russia or Italy for contrast. Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-44752661847960088322013-01-12T21:23:49.112+01:002013-01-12T21:23:49.112+01:00I find blue eyes most reassuring, but my mother wa...I find blue eyes most reassuring, but my mother was blue eyed, so I would have imprinted on that color. If I were to redo the study, I would separate the respondents based on their own eye color, and the eye colors of each of their parents. My guess is that personal eye color would have no effect, as we are hardly aware of our own eye color. However, I would not be surprised if there is a detectable bias in favor of maternal eye color.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07024219782322596271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-27489622828179012942013-01-12T18:39:02.583+01:002013-01-12T18:39:02.583+01:00"Whatever the case I find it most intriguing...."Whatever the case I find it most intriguing."<br /><br />Yes, very.Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13398462488549380796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-28543970040641129392013-01-12T02:21:30.110+01:002013-01-12T02:21:30.110+01:00People were presented with photos and then also wi...People were presented with photos and then also with photos with recolored eyes. The latter did not entice any color associated response but retained the pre-colored eyes one, suggesting that the reason is not the eyes but face shape commonly associated to blue/brown eyes - because of linked desequilibrium in genetic inheritance: 95% of blue eyes come after all from a unique ancestor and other aspects of the phenotype are probably inherited with them in the same package, maybe not always but often enough. <br /><br />AFAIK the authors did not test for hair or skin shade, which should be associated to blue eye color to some extent. Is possible that paler shades are influential in this. <br /><br />Whatever the case I find it most intriguing. Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-47607672455631343602013-01-12T00:22:50.138+01:002013-01-12T00:22:50.138+01:00Actually now i think of it i wonder if it could be...Actually now i think of it i wonder if it could be anything to do with pupil dilation i.e. it's easier to see if blue-eyed people *don't* have dilated pupils.Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13398462488549380796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-20600308425267760382013-01-12T00:21:23.231+01:002013-01-12T00:21:23.231+01:00It's interesting but i wonder if it might be a...It's interesting but i wonder if it might be a regional bias from a historical border zone?Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13398462488549380796noreply@blogger.com