Unusual resemblance: You look just like your car — and it looks like your dog – Reporter

Unusual resemblance: You look just like your car  and it looks like your dog

Unusual resemblance: You look just like your car — and it looks like your dog

A Swiss study says it's possible to match people with their cars, because they look alike. ©istockphoto.com/skynesher (courtesy)



Posted: Thursday, September 4, 2014 2:06 pm

Unusual resemblance: You look just like your car — and it looks like your dog

Lois M. Collins, Deseret News - lois@deseretnews.com

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Here's a twist on family resemblance: A Swiss study says it's possible to match people with their cars, because they look alike. And the resemblance carries through to the family dog, too.

For the study, published in the Swiss Journal of Psychology, researchers from the University of Vienna took photos of cars from various angles, as well as photos of the owners' faces. Then they handed strangers an array of six photographs of faces and asked those people to pick which one they believe went with a certain car. They ranked them from the most likely owner to the least like.

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