Why men's faces may give clues to a long, alert life
JOHN BYNORTH
Have you ever gone into thinking
about your later life involving your face pattern? If not, then read this article to know what the
psychologists say about this.
Symmetry or dissymmetry is the point that is important to predict the mental alertness in the ripe age, opined the psychologists of the School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh. We do not have any control to have symmetrical faces, as that is left on factors beyond our reach. Some people famous, ordinary, and infamous have symmetrical faces, and are simply fortunate. Others with dissymmetrical faces are unfortunate, I would not say, but they will have less alertness in the later life compare to the other lot, according to the Scottish Psychologists.
The research team of psychologists of the said University School conducted tests on some men and women on their performance on reasoning and reaction time. They found the link between the face pattern and the status of body-mind age. The study result has been published in the journal of Evolution and Human Behavior.
They could not cite comparable results between men and women because of women’s more average life of four years and their fast declining cognitive functions in the later years.
Facial regularity, physical condition, and mental age are connected with each other; and facial symmetry reflects the development stability of man’s body, psychologists say. Unlike previous studies that related cognitive decline with body aging, this study brought in the factor of face symmetry, informed
Dr. Lars Penke, the research leader of this study. This link is established for the first time, he said. Near to this study result is the last year’s study of University of New Mexico that linked symmetrical faces with beauty, attractiveness, and better sex life.