Westerners focus on the eyes, East Asians on the nose


	Westerners focus on the eyes, East Asians on the nose

Djiezes

8-24-2008 7:52 AM

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science, face, western, asian, looking, gazing, culture

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8-24-2008 9:00 AM

haraya

I am quite fond of looking at noses. They rarely lie.

11-27-2008 1:07 AM

Kore7

Really?! Fascinating...

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9c44ebf1-4ecf-4a3e-9966-37d035e23aef/B95FF355-21E0-44DB-ABED-371425E24751/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2008/08/westerners_focus_on_the_eyes_east_asians_on_the_nose.php" href="http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2008/08/westerners_focus_on_the_eyes_east_asians_on_the_nose.php" style="font-size: 11px;">scienceblogs.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2008/08/westerners_focus_on_the_eyes_east_asians_on_the_nose.php"><H2><A href="http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2008/08/westerners_focus_on_the_eyes_east_asians_on_the_nose.php" id="a085037">Westerners focus on the eyes, East Asians on the nose</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2008/08/westerners_focus_on_the_eyes_east_asians_on_the_nose.php">In the image below, the red areas show where the Westerners fixed their stares, while the blue areas were preferred by the east Asians.
</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2008/08/westerners_focus_on_the_eyes_east_asians_on_the_nose.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/scienceblogs.com/img/36C9A2CD-ACCE-47E4-B5E9-E7825BC526FD" alt="Faceprocessing.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2008/08/westerners_focus_on_the_eyes_east_asians_on_the_nose.php">Why the difference?</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2008/08/westerners_focus_on_the_eyes_east_asians_on_the_nose.php">It could be that it's impolite in East Asian cultures to make direct or prolonged eye contact, and focusing on the centre of the face is simply a way of avoiding a social faux-pas. The second and more interesting theory, is that these strategies reflect general differences in the way that Westerners and East Asians view the world around them.
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