The Tell Quotes

“Indeed, the researchers found that wide-faced men perceived themselves as powerful, and this contributed to their unethical behavior.”
― Matthew Hertenstein, The Tell: The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths about Who We Are

“People who look others in the eyes, especially when speaking, appear to be, and actually are, more intelligent than their gaze-averting counterparts.”
― Matthew Hertenstein, The Tell: The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths about Who We Are

“Controlling for a host of factors, such as the severity of the crime, the courts condemned the defendants with more stereotypical Afrocentric features to death more frequently, but only if the murder victim was white; 24 percent of the men with the least stereotypical Afrocentric features received death sentences, as opposed to 58 percent of the men with the most stereotypical features. That is more than double.”
― Matthew Hertenstein, The Tell: The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths about Who We Are

“CEO power predicts company profitability: The perceived power of male Fortune 500 CEOs’ faces predicts the profitability of their companies.”
― Matthew Hertenstein, The Tell: The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths about Who We Are