Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Not only from the style of dress, facial expressions can actually show the wealth and quality of a person.
In Journal of Personality and Social Psychology there is a study that says if a person can tell whether a person is rich or poor just by looking at his face. In the study, the researcher chose the subject of a black and white photo consisting of 80 photos of men and 80 photos of women. There are no photos with tattoos or piercings.
All the faces in the photo also show neutral expressions. Half of the people in the photos are upper class people, and the other half are working class.
The photos are then shown to the research subjects. They were asked to guess the social class of each person. As a result, 68% answered correctly.
“The relationship between wealth and social class has been widely discussed in previous studies. However, this study found that differences in a person’s wealth can be reflected in each person’s face,” said R-Thora Bjorsdottir, the study’s researcher as quoted from the press release. CNBC Make ItSaturday (14/5/2022).
“When asked why, they don’t know. They don’t realize how they got it right,” said Bjornsdottir.
The researchers then carried out further studies by enlarging facial features. They found that the subjects could still guess correctly when they only looked at the eyes and mouth.
The researchers concluded that this may be because patterns of emotion can be seen on a person’s face over time. Contraction of certain muscles can cause changes in facial structure that can be seen by others.
“Over time, your face permanently reflects and expresses your experiences. Even when we think we’re not expressing something, those emotional expressions are still there,” said one of the researchers, Nicholas O. Rule.
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