A Face You Can Trust

Came across a very interesting article whilst google-ing around for cheekbones (I don't know why I did that, don't ask).

The article analysed on various ways and facial expression con man mark their target; face depicting which we trust and which we usually don't.

And as quoted,

"Working from those findings, they were able to create a continuum: faces with high inner eyebrows and pronounced cheekbones struck people as trustworthy, faces with low inner eyebrows and shallow cheekbones untrustworthy."

And I can't help but feel that it's true. 

I see a criminal untrustworthy face on the left and a nice over-friendly salesman?? on the right. 

I don't know what compelled me to start google image-ing for Abdullah Badawi (ex-prime minister of Malaysia)'s face.

I'd love to start analysing but I don't dare. I'm scared of ISA. And I'm also scared of the opposition party. Yes I'm a chicken cluck cluck cluck.

I forgot his name but he's one of the male actors from Friends, aye? This I'm not afraid cos Hollywood's too far away. We see a trustworthy face here, no? Smiling face, the eyebrows etc. This is a face that we trust, yes?

Then I don't know why, I googled for George W. Bush's face.

This is a 'good', 'trustworthy' face too.

And I also don't know why I googled for Cinderella next.

And Aung San Suu Ki

Then Karl Marx came to my mind. I don't know how he looks like, so if you don't, here's a little eye candy for you.

Aww... it's not fair to Karl Marx, he had too much facial hair for us to judge whether he looks trustworthy or not.

But although we always say, don't judge a book by its cover, we always do that, no? 

And as quoted again:

Just as in other cognitive shorthands, we make these judgments quickly and unconsciously - and as a result, Oosterhof and Todorov point out, we can severely and immediately misjudge people. In reality, of course, cheekbone shape and eyebrow arc have no relationship with honesty.

Well said, well said.

Cheekbone shape and eyebrow arc have no relationship with honesty.