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+-   Voters swayed by candidates who share their looks-> on Wednesday October 22 2008, @12:39PM iandoh

Submitted by iandoh on Wednesday October 22 2008, @12:39PM
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iandoh writes "Stanford researchers have found that voters are subconsciously swayed by candidates who share their facial features. In three experiments, researchers at the Virtual Human Interaction Lab worked with cheap, easy-to-use computer software to morph pictures of about 600 test subjects with photos of politicians. And they kept coming up with the same results: For the would-be voters who weren't very familiar with the candidates or in perfect lockstep with their positions or political parties, the facial similarity was enough to clinch their votes."
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