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Smile! Crow's Feet Make You Look Clever and More Attractive

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03 Feb 2013 33 views
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Smile! Crow's Feet Make You Look Clever and More Attractive
Crow's feet – often regarded as an unwelcome sign of ageing – could actually be something to smile about. People are judged more attractive and more intelligent if their eyes wrinkle around the corners when they smile, research shows.

Crow's feet – often regarded as an unwelcome sign of ageing – could actually be something to smile about.

People are judged more attractive and more intelligent if their eyes wrinkle around the corners when they smile, research shows.

Psychologists asked a group of men and women about their impressions of a set of photographs showing people smiling.

When crow's feet were present in the faces on photographs, the people were thought to be more intelligent and more attractive.

 

(READ the story in the Daily Mail)

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