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PostPosted: 08/03/17 2:29 pm    ::: Do you look like your name? Reply Reply with quote

https://theconversation.com/do-you-look-like-your-name-74781

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In eight studies, we found that participants shown ID-style photos of people they’d never met were able to recognise the first name of the depicted person well above the chance level. For example, let’s say you live in North America and are shown a picture of a woman whose name is Emily (you aren’t given this information). Below her image four possible first names are listed: Claire, Deborah, Emily and Melissa. Assuming that the first names are equally common in North America in/around the year that the person was born, study participants should pick the correct name approximately 25% of the time – in other words, by chance. What we found is that participants typically choose the depicted person’s true first name 35% to 40% of the time. In other words, there is something about an Emily that…just looks like an Emily.



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