Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Looks Attractive Have Higher IQ?

Handsome men and beautiful women are often considered good luck umbrella. The new study turned out to support that argument. According to the research, they are looking to attract more clever than most people.

As reported by the Daily Mail, research conducted in Britain and the United States shows, attractive men and women have the intelligence quotient (IQ) 14 points above the average of most people. These findings dispelled the myth developed that the blonde is stupid or does not contain any handsome man.


Based on the study conducted the London School of Economics (LSE), they are handsome or beautiful to attract a mate, not only of art, but also his intelligence. The children of these couples tend to inherit these two qualities.

"Physical attraction is positively related to general intelligence, either with or without control of social class, body size, and health," says researcher LSE, Satoshi Kanazawa, told the Sunday Times.

The relationship between attractiveness and general intelligence are also more strongly seen in men than in women.


In other research on social status, Kanazawa found that high social status of girls tend to have higher IQs than those from the working class.

Among the millions of examples of a combination of beauty and brains, no supermodel Lily Cole, studying at Cambridge University; actress Kate Beckinsale, a graduate of Oxford; and physicist Brian Cox, who played keyboards with D: Ream.

In England, the study states that physically attractive men have an average IQ of 13.6 points above normal, while women are around 11.4 points higher.


Kanazawa conclusions based on the National Child Development Study which monitors about 17 419 people since they were born in March 1958. Throughout childhood and early adulthood, the volunteers were given a series of tests to examine the academic progress, intelligence, and the signs appearance.

Meanwhile, research in America is based on the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health that involves a similar study of 35,000 young Americans.

"We think people are smarter is pretty scientific. This is not the law to treat or judge others," says Kanazawa which includes research in the journal Intelligence.


source : www.kompas.com   

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