Feb 28, 2017 · Academics have found that your first name actually changes the way you look, a phenomenon dubbed "The Dorian Gray" effect, after Oscar Wilde's eponymous hero.

Feb 27, 2017 · The Dorian Gray Effect A name has a social meaning and can impart significant and differentiated impressions, both positive and negative (Mehra-bian, 1997). Individuals attribute characteristics to people based on their given name (Mehrabian, 2001), and this name can lead to social consequences (Fryer & Levitt, 2004; Laham, Koval, & Alter, 2012).

Aug 10, 2022 · In psychology, the Dorian Gray effect refers to internal factors, like someone’s personality, affecting their external appearance. The link between a person’s face and their name might be a sort of Dorian Gray effect, by which growing up with a …

Apr 24, 2019 · We, therefore, identify a type of Dorian Gray effect, from the lead protagonist in Oscar Wilde’s novel, whose portrait evolves as he carries out dark acts.

The Dorian Gray Effect also explains why we can single out people who are chronically cantankerous or ever-exuberant: Stress and laugh lines linger even when the face is still. It also solves...

Jun 8, 2017 · We therefore identify a type of Dorian Gray effect, from the lead protagonist in Oscar Wilde’s novel, whose portrait evolves as he carries out evil acts. The fact that our first name, chosen by...

Feb 20, 2021 · We therefore identify a type of Dorian Gray effect, from the lead protagonist in Oscar Wilde’s novel, whose portrait evolves as he carries out dark acts. The fact that our first name, chosen by others for us, shapes our appearance in adulthood suggests a powerful social structuring that affects us from early on in our life.

Aug 10, 2017 · Social scientists believe that names produce a Dorian Gray effect, influencing personality, how we’re perceived, and even physical appearance.

Feb 28, 2017 · Prior literature has termed the influence of personality and other internal factors on outward facial appearance the “Dorian Gray effect,” after the protagonist in Oscar Wilde’s 1890 novel “The...

Feb 27, 2017 · In a similar sense, internal factors like our personality, emotional state and health are reflected in our physical appearance; researchers call it the Dorian Gray effect, and it works even if you aren’t trying.