I Can See Where People Come From By Analyzing Their Gaze

Hi :book:

there's a phenomenon that I have discovered a few years ago, which might not surprise anyone.

Of course we all know that people look different depending on where they're from, with the most obvious indicator being their ethnicity. But I have been able to notice that even within my country , I can see that there are different "archetypes" of faces that differ from city to city. Of course, this is quite logical, since people from the same city tend to breed with people close to them, thus perpetuating a certain "look".

But apart from actual faces, I also notice that you can tell that people have a different gaze depending on where they come from. It's very hard to explain but it's similar to juding someone's intelligence from their gaze; intelligent people have a more "inquisitive" sparkle in their eyes, while dumb people have a sort of vacant stare. In varying degrees, naturally. and really, how on earth can we actually SEE that a gaze is vacant? What makes it so that we can judge a person's stare as blank or not blank? They're just eye balls! Or do our brains take into account eyelids and eyebrows when determining someone's gaze?

Perhaps "gaze" really should be seen as a part of one's "facial archetype", but nevertheless, has anyone else experienced this phenom?

The only thing that doesn't match up in my theory is east asian people. I can't tell if an east asian person (chinese, korean, japanese, what have you) is born in asia or not. Perhaps because their irises are usually very dark which makes it harder to discern specific characteristics in the gaze?

Please note that I am positing this as a theory; tho I'm quite sure I'm right I know that I may very well be wrong.

 

I know what you mean.

 

Microexpressions