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How smart does your profile image look?Estimating intelligence from social
network profile images
Xingjie Wei1,2 andDavidStillwell1
PsychometricsCentre1,UniversityofCambridge,UKSchoolofManagement2,UniversityofBath,UK
[email protected]://xingjiewei.me
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Canauser’sintelligencebeinferredfromsocialnetworkprofileimages?
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IntelligenceMeasured intelligence (MI)Perceived intelligence (PI)
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Research questions
• Can humans make intelligence judgments forothers from profile images ?• Can computers make such judgments?
• What visual elements an intelligent personwill use?• What visual elements make a person perceived tobe intelligent?
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myPersonality database• 1,122 users took an IQ testand provided FB profileimages• 739 human raters rated the 1,122 images
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Research questions
• Can humans make intelligence judgments forothers from profile images ?
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Research questions
• Can humans make intelligence judgments forothers from profile images ?• Wefounddifferentpeoplehaverelativelyconsistentjudgements andsuchjudgements areassociatedwithMIforbothmenandwomen
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Research questions
• Can computers make such judgments?• Wefoundthatintelligenceestimationfromprofileimagesisadifficulttaskevenforhumans,butitispossibletoequalhumans’accuracyusingalgorithmswhilealsohavingthepotentialtoreducebiasedjudgements.
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Research questions
• What visual elements an intelligent personwill use?• What visual elements make a person perceived tobe intelligent?
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HighMI&highPI• donotliketousethecolourpink,purpleorred,andimagesareusuallylessdiversifiedincolour,moreclearintexture,andcontainlessskinarea
HighMI• liketousethecolourgreen,andhavefewer faces,butthisdoesnotaffecthowothersjudgethem
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Intelligentpeopleunderstandthataprofilepictureismosteffectivewhenitshowssingleperson,captured
infocus,andwithanunclutteredbackground
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HighMI&highPI• donotliketousethecolourpink,purpleorred,andimagesareusuallylessdiversifiedincolour,moreclearintexture,andcontainlessskinarea
HighMI• likeusethecolourgreen,andhavefewer faces,butthisdoesnotaffecthowothersjudgethem
Inaccuratestereotypes-correlatedwithPIbutnotMI:• moregreyandwhite,butlessbrownandgreen,withhigherchromaticpurity,smilingandwearingglasses,andfacesataproperdistancefromthecamera,makepeoplelookintelligentnomatterhowsmarttheyreallyare
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Possibleapplication
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Nicepic!PutitinyourCV!
Hotpic!Putitindatingapp!
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Cometoseemyposterandaskquestions!
• Xingjie Wei• UniversityofBath• [email protected]• http://xingjiewei.me
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