3rdgensooner
7/7/2011, 03:50 PM
Wide boys (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3679483/Wide-faced-men-more-likely-to-be-dodgy.html#ixzz1RSCyoXmK)
SOMETIMES you come across a bloke who is just downright nasty - and it really is written all over his face.
Men with wide faces are more likely to lie to get their own way and cheat to make themselves some extra cash, according to a report in the respected Royal Society journal.
This certainly rings true in the cases of moon-faced US gangster Al Capone, East End crime lords Reggie and Ronnie Kray and mega-mugged North Korea dictator Kim Jong-il.
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01340/Faces_01_1340059a.jpg
Gangster ... Al Capone
Professor Michael Haselhuhn, co-author of the study Bad To The Bone: Facial Structure Predicts Unethical Behaviour, said: "Men with wider faces are more likely to explicitly deceive their counterparts in a negotiation and are more willing to cheat to increase financial gain."
For their study, researchers recruited hundreds of students, some doing their Masters in business administration and other undergraduates.
The Masters students - average age 28 - were formed into teams negotiating over a property sale and blokes with a high facial width-to-height ratio (WHR) were much more likely to lie over details of the property.
The undergraduates - average age 22 - were entered in a draw for gift cards, the number of entries per person depending on the roll of two computer-generated dice. Again, males with high WHR were more likely to cheat, falsely claiming extra entries by reporting a higher dice roll than they actually got.
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01340/Faces_02_1340058a.jpg
You mugs ... infamous Reggie and Ronnie Kray
The study points out women have much lower facial WHRs and do not have the same giveaway "bad bone" trait.
Biological scientist Prof Haselhuhn co-wrote the report with University of Wisconsin-Milkwaukee colleague Prof Elaine Wong.
He said: "For the first time we show a constant physical characteristic can indeed predict unethical actions. WHR reliably predicts deception and cheating."
Prof Haselhuhn said the findings call to mind William March's horror novel The Bad Seed in which "a murderous genetic trait is passed from generation to generation, leading to the conclusion that some people are just born evil".
Previous studies have shown high facial WHR in men to be a sign of more aggressive behaviour.
Prof Haselhuhn added: "Those with higher facial WHRs feel more powerful. We propose physical traits that have been selected as reliable signals of male dominance and aggression may also serve as reliable predictors of morally questionable actions."
So next time that bloke with a huge head insists he's got your best interests at heart, remember to give him a wide berth.
SOMETIMES you come across a bloke who is just downright nasty - and it really is written all over his face.
Men with wide faces are more likely to lie to get their own way and cheat to make themselves some extra cash, according to a report in the respected Royal Society journal.
This certainly rings true in the cases of moon-faced US gangster Al Capone, East End crime lords Reggie and Ronnie Kray and mega-mugged North Korea dictator Kim Jong-il.
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01340/Faces_01_1340059a.jpg
Gangster ... Al Capone
Professor Michael Haselhuhn, co-author of the study Bad To The Bone: Facial Structure Predicts Unethical Behaviour, said: "Men with wider faces are more likely to explicitly deceive their counterparts in a negotiation and are more willing to cheat to increase financial gain."
For their study, researchers recruited hundreds of students, some doing their Masters in business administration and other undergraduates.
The Masters students - average age 28 - were formed into teams negotiating over a property sale and blokes with a high facial width-to-height ratio (WHR) were much more likely to lie over details of the property.
The undergraduates - average age 22 - were entered in a draw for gift cards, the number of entries per person depending on the roll of two computer-generated dice. Again, males with high WHR were more likely to cheat, falsely claiming extra entries by reporting a higher dice roll than they actually got.
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01340/Faces_02_1340058a.jpg
You mugs ... infamous Reggie and Ronnie Kray
The study points out women have much lower facial WHRs and do not have the same giveaway "bad bone" trait.
Biological scientist Prof Haselhuhn co-wrote the report with University of Wisconsin-Milkwaukee colleague Prof Elaine Wong.
He said: "For the first time we show a constant physical characteristic can indeed predict unethical actions. WHR reliably predicts deception and cheating."
Prof Haselhuhn said the findings call to mind William March's horror novel The Bad Seed in which "a murderous genetic trait is passed from generation to generation, leading to the conclusion that some people are just born evil".
Previous studies have shown high facial WHR in men to be a sign of more aggressive behaviour.
Prof Haselhuhn added: "Those with higher facial WHRs feel more powerful. We propose physical traits that have been selected as reliable signals of male dominance and aggression may also serve as reliable predictors of morally questionable actions."
So next time that bloke with a huge head insists he's got your best interests at heart, remember to give him a wide berth.