Beauty and Brains go Hand in Hand

[chanel]

LSE researcher Satoshi Kanazawa told the Sunday Times: ''Physical attractiveness is significantly positively associated with general intelligence, both with and without controls for social class, body size and health.

In Britain, the study found that men who are physically attractive had IQs an average 13.6 points above the norm while women were about 11.4 points higher.

Kanazawa's findings were based on the National Child Development Study which followed 17,419 people since their birth in a single week in March, 1958.

Throughout their childhood up to early adulthood, they were given a series of tests for academic progress, intelligence and marked on appearance.

The American research was taken from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health which involved a similar study of 35,000 young Americans.

Read more: Attractive people have higher IQs: Beauty and brains DO go together! | Mail Online

Very interesting. Comments?

 

[Skull Pilot]

It's not really surprising that good genetics favors both beauty and brains.

http://www.jonholato.com/2007/09/25/dorota-rabczewska-doda-elektroda-the-worlds-most-beautiful-genius/

 

[random3434]

Well of course women are smarter than men, and the hotter you are, the higher the I.Q.


Duh!

 

[chanel]

I did not know that EZ. While it would make sense that "hot" people often "marry up" and produce good looking children, it looks like this study factored in socioeconomics and health. That's the part that intrigued me.

Not to change the subject, but I was told by a college professor in grad school that good looking teachers have a much easier time than not-so-good-looking ones. Kids respond more positively to attractive people. I guess that could be said in most fields, but I still found it interesting.

 

[editec]

POWER, MONEY, brains and beauty tend to attract each other without doubt.

 

[asterism]

The geeks get the pretty girls these days.