Can names shape facial appearance?
“He looks like a Bob.”
There seems to be so truth to people looking like their name, but the experimental results are only a bit above random chance.
Names of children don’t match their faces, but looking at adults, children and adults can match the name more than random chance would indicate.
The experiment works like this:
The experiment is a little bit interesting, but there isn’t enough information to draw firm conclusions.
How did they come up with the four name choices? The popularity of a name varies with ethnicity, region and age.
The idea is curious, but probably not something that needs to be researched.
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