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Science explains how Clark Kent’s glasses worked as a disguise

According to a new study, wearing glasses might be an adequate disguise, which explains why the city of Metropolis did not recognise Clark Kent as Superman.
Posted by: admin , September 13, 2016
  • How did the city of Metropolis fail to recognise that Clark Kent was Superman?
  • According to a study from the University of York, wearing glasses might be an adequate disguise, especially if you haven’t seen that person before.
  • In the study, participants were shown 3 pairs of faces: (1) Both wore glasses. (2) Neither had glasses. (3) One had glasses and the other didn’t.
  • When asked to decide whether each pair showed the same person, accuracy was 80% in categories (1) and (2) but was 6% less when only one face had glasses.
  • It’s believed this is attributable to a cognitive disorder called prosopagnosia (otherwise known as face blindness) that makes the ability to recognise familiar faces more difficult.
  • Of course, while this wouldn’t prevent Lois from recognising Clark, it would a significant portion of the population making such an identification.
  • The study titled ‘Disguising Superman: How glasses affect unfamiliar face matching’ was published in Applied Cognitive Psychology.
  • Then again, maybe Superman really did hypnotise humans with a special beam inside his Clark Kent glasses…

Read more:

http://www.science20.com/news_articles/clark_kent_was_right_with_the_glasses_you_didnt_know_he_was_superman-179598

http://moviepilot.com/p/clark-kent-superman-was-right-glasses-do-hide-your-identity/4072488

http://au.askmen.com/news/entertainment/superman-disguise-could-actually-work-science-says.html

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Tags: Clark Kent, disguise, Disguising superman, Glasses, Prosopagnosia, Superman, University of York, Wearing glasses

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