Blue-eyed people better off, say scientists !!!!
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:20 pm
Source: news.com.au
August 20, 2007
PEOPLE with blue eyes are likely to achieve more in life than those with brown, say US scientists.
Scientists who conducted the tests said brown-eyed people performed better at reaction time, but those with lighter eyes appeared to be better strategic thinkers, the Daily Mail reported.
Brown-eyed people succeeded in activities such as football and hockey, but lighter-eyed participants proved to be more succesful in activities that required skills in time structuring and planning such as golf, cross-country running and studying for exams, the scientists said.
Louisville University professor Joanna Rowe, who conducted the tests, said the results suggested an unexplored link between eye colour and academic achievement.
"It is just observed, rather than explained," she said.
"There's no scientific answer yet."
Bedfordshire University senior psychology lecturer Dr Tony Fallone, who has also studied eye colour, believed it should be taken more seriously as an indicator of personality and ability, the Daily Mail reported.
Daily Mail readers had mixed opinions ranging from "What about all the brilliant people from other continents where there are no blue eyes? No strategic thinkers there, eh?" to "I guess I must be the exception to the rule".
August 20, 2007
PEOPLE with blue eyes are likely to achieve more in life than those with brown, say US scientists.
Scientists who conducted the tests said brown-eyed people performed better at reaction time, but those with lighter eyes appeared to be better strategic thinkers, the Daily Mail reported.
Brown-eyed people succeeded in activities such as football and hockey, but lighter-eyed participants proved to be more succesful in activities that required skills in time structuring and planning such as golf, cross-country running and studying for exams, the scientists said.
Louisville University professor Joanna Rowe, who conducted the tests, said the results suggested an unexplored link between eye colour and academic achievement.
"It is just observed, rather than explained," she said.
"There's no scientific answer yet."
Bedfordshire University senior psychology lecturer Dr Tony Fallone, who has also studied eye colour, believed it should be taken more seriously as an indicator of personality and ability, the Daily Mail reported.
Daily Mail readers had mixed opinions ranging from "What about all the brilliant people from other continents where there are no blue eyes? No strategic thinkers there, eh?" to "I guess I must be the exception to the rule".
Thats gotta look pretty damn scarey.