Study: Blue-Eyed People 'Smarter' than Brown-Eyed

[Xerapis]

Apparently more than one study by U.S. scientists finds that people with blue eyes just do some things better than those with brown eyes.

But the reverse is true also, said a researcher who authored a paper that looked at three different studies on the subject of eye color and ability.

Light-eyed individuals and even light-eyed animals perform better at behaviors requiring delay, self-pacing, or non-reactors, while dark-eyed individuals and animals perform better at behaviors requiring speed, sensitivity or reactivity, according to a paper authored by Kentucky's University of Louisville professor emeritus Joanne Rowe and e-mailed to Foxnews.com.

Self-paced activities have been defined as those requiring a response made at a time chosen by the respondent when the situation remains relatively static such as bowling, golf, pitching a baseball, or tossing a ball at a target. Reactive activities are those requiring a quick response to a rapidly changing stimulus such as boxing, defensive football position, hitting a baseball, or rotary pursuit.

One study found, for example, that in professional sports light-eyed pitchers performed better than dark-eyed, but for hitters the reverse was true.

Another study found that professional light-eyed white basketball players had higher percentages of free throws, while dark-eyed white players had higher percentages of field goals.

Still, Rowe told Foxnews.com that more study is needed. "There is so much more to a person's make up and their achievements in life," she said.

Another researcher agreed.

"There's no scientific answer yet." Bedfordshire University senior psychology lecturer Dr. Tony Fallone, who has also studied eye color, believed it should be taken more seriously as an indicator of personality and ability, the Daily Mail reported.



Of course, my favorite part of this article is the title that Fox chose for it.

[Selby]

Light-eyed individuals and even light-eyed animals perform better at behaviors requiring delay, self-pacing, or non-reactors

I guess this explains why I am so lazy and self-paced.

[Furiously]

Guess people will start wearing sunglasses to job interviews.

[Trippy]

I think you mean colored contact lenses.

[Nevermore]

What about green eyes?  Besides being chased after by Lo Pan, I mean.

[Murgos]

What about green eyes?  Besides being chased after by Lo Pan, I mean.

I think green is light colored.  Well compared to black/dark brown anyway.  I've seen girls (I don't spend a lot of time staring into guys eyes) with light brown eyes that look almost like a golden yellow how do you classify that one?

Or Hazel?  Depending on the day my eyes are mostly brown or mostly light green.  Does that mean that some days I'm better at somethings than others because of my eye's?

[Yegolev]

I think they left out "basketball".

[Signe]

I always knew blue eyed people were smarter than brown eyed people.  I mean, look at me and Righ... was there ever any doubt that I am the brains of the family?   

[HaemishM]

Just because you EAT brains, it doesn't mean you have anymore brains. 

[Furiously]

They do say are you what you eat.

[Nebu]

Is what this thread brings to mind.

[Signe]

[HaemishM]

You know we love you, Signe.


P.S. Don't eat my brains.

[voodoolily]

This is a sociolgical study that was done in the 19501960s by a schoolteacher. I can't believe you have all been fooled by it and don't know your classic sociology!!!

Edit: decade. my bad!

[Nonentity]

MUAHAHA. THE BLUE EYED SHALL CONQUER.

Also, you get +2 to Charisma if you have a snazzy eyebrow ring.

Therefore, I am lord of charisma.

DM, I choose Bard as my character class.

I want a lute, 50 feet of rope, two loaves of bread, some butter, and shortshord. Natch.

[Nevermore]

And so another victim falls into the Pit of Foolish Blue-Eyes due to the lack of a 10' pole.

[Murgos]

You forgot the 10' pole.  I thought everyone started with a 10' pole.  In their backpack.

edit:  GODDAMNIT NEVERMORE!!!  YOU BASTARD!!!

[Nevermore]

dark-eyed individuals and animals perform better at behaviors requiring speed, sensitivity or reactivity,

Brown eyes, baby! 

[Nebu]

This is such garbage research that I don't really want to justify it by commenting.  Let me just say that they aren't considering the other factors that contribute to performance on the particular tasks that were measured.  Most of their claims are more coincidental than factual. 

[cmlancas]

And this is why it will be front page news on Fox for about two weeks.

[voodoolily]

This is such garbage research that I don't really want to justify it by commenting.  Let me just say that they aren't considering the other factors that contribute to performance on the particular tasks that were measured.  Most of their claims are more coincidental than factual. 

This is a sociolgical study that was done in the 19501960s by a schoolteacher. I can't believe you have all been fooled by it and don't know your classic sociology!!!

Edit: decade. my bad!

[Nebu]

We actually did that experiment in 4th grade.  Yay for growing up in the midwest!

[Johny Cee]

This is a sociolgical study that was done in the 19501960s by a schoolteacher. I can't believe you have all been fooled by it and don't know your classic sociology!!!

Edit: decade. my bad!

Stanford Prison Experiment

[Oban]

This is a sociolgical study that was done in the 19501960s by a schoolteacher. I can't believe you have all been fooled by it and don't know your classic sociology!!!

Edit: decade. my bad!

Stanford Prison Experiment

I'll see your Stanford Prison Experiment and raise you a:

http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/