Australian scientists have revealed that distance prescription glasses could be linked to intelligence and open-mindedness.
Good news? Some Aussie clever clogs have now proved that nerdiness is not linked to spectacle wearers. Even better news? This group of smarty pants have also found that distance prescription glasses can be related to some very desirable personality traits such as openness and intelligence.
Myopia is the medical term to describe short-sightedness, and if you wear prescription glasses for this reason then you could be scientific proof of these top five characteristics. Conducted by The Centre for Eye Research Australia, part of Melbourne University, the study invited a group of 633 twins and 278 people from families with myopia to answer a questionnaire on their personality traits. Subjects were evaluated on five key characteristics – extroversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, open-mindedness and neuroticism. The results? People wearing prescription glasses, at the aversion of school ground bullies, could not be linked with introversion, conscientiousness or passiveness. They were in fact linked with intelligence, agreeableness and openness. Not only this, but the subjects were also known to have similar characteristics to their family members, who were also linked with distance prescription glasses.
The Centre for Eye Research Australia
The CERA is made up of dedicated researchers and their vision is become a leading research institute in the world. They are already recognised for their incredible work in discovering the causes of eye diseases. Their work is used to provide findings that can help improve all the processes involved with prescription glasses and eye diseases. Covering everything from diagnosis, treatment and prevention, their research can make a huge amount of difference for opticians and those who require prescription glasses, and those with very serious vision impairment.
Their recent experiment linking distance prescription glasses and personality has tackled the age old stereotype that spec wearers are nerds. The study was published in the Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science Journal. In this well known journal the Melbourne University researchers wrote: “The long held view that myopic persons are introverted and conscientious may reflect intelligence-related stereotypes rather than real correlations.”
So while this research can clear up an old stereotype, it doesn’t prove that someone with prescription glasses will definitely be intelligent. But of course, as the clever people that we are, we knew that already. Perhaps this experiment just proves a point that stereotyping anyone is a foolish thing to do.
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