Scientists say Short Man Syndrome really exists. In new tests, people who were “shrunk” became paranoid, distrustful and scared of others.
Using virtual reality to reduce volunteers’ heights, Oxford University researchers found they were more likely to think other people were staring at them or talking about them on a computer-generated train. Professor Daniel Freeman said, “We know people behave in VR as they do in real life.” But what else does your height say about you? Today we check the evidence.
Longer lives
Studies show that shorter people live longer. Recent research analysing the lives of 500 males born between 1866-1915 on the Italian island of Sardinia showed those below 5ft 4in lived an average two years longer than taller men. The study suggested the reasons included lower DNA damage, greater cell replacement potential and greater efficiency of heart-pumping. Other studies show shorter women live longer too.
Intelligence
Taller people are likely to be more intelligent, according to several studies. Research in 2006 at Princeton University found “as early as three… taller children perform significantly better in cognitive tests”. Last year a team at the University of Colorado found that the link between height and intelligence was down to breeding. They showed that clever people are likely to choose taller people as partners — and vice versa.
Money
Researchers at the University of Sydney compared the wage packets of 20,000 people using indicators including weight and height, and found increased height translated into more cash on average.
Ambition
Shorter women are less ambitious, say academics at St Andrews and Stirling universities. They found they are more likely to start a family than focus on their career. Clinical psychologist Dr Miriam Law Smith said: “Men across are taller than women and height must therefore be an indicator of greater physical masculinity. The physiology of the body controls the psychology of the mind.”
Better life partners
Tall men earn more, are brighter and have more kids — but shorter blokes make better husbands. A study asked women to pick their ideal height difference for both short and long-term relationships from couple photos. The findings, published in Biological Psychology, found tall men were twice as popular for flings than for long-term relationships. Psychologist Dr Nick Neave said, “The real leaders of the pack tend to not be very nice people. You don’t want them around kids and they can be violent and leave you for someone else.”
Chiwanangala
March 19, 2014 at 8:19 am
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bravo
March 19, 2014 at 2:51 pm
You should either be short or tall
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March 20, 2014 at 10:30 am
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pompwe
March 19, 2014 at 9:32 am
kekeke..true to some degree…
Air Mukwai_
March 19, 2014 at 9:38 am
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kwa george
March 19, 2014 at 12:56 pm
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March 19, 2014 at 1:25 pm
Meswin
March 19, 2014 at 1:39 pm
How tall/short the editor or owner of tumfweko? I guess between 1.5 to 1.6, he just posted this so that he can make himself feel better.
Trixy
March 19, 2014 at 2:38 pm
Short, tall it doesn’t matter and cannot determine how one leads their lives or their final destination. It just depends on the decisions one makes.
Susan
March 19, 2014 at 2:38 pm
I prefer short men. They are romantic.
Liato
March 19, 2014 at 3:47 pm
MOST TALLER MEN ARE JUST TALL FOR NOTHING
diamond platinum
March 19, 2014 at 7:44 pm
Ba Susan e program iyo yine.
chipo
March 20, 2014 at 9:09 am
From experience, short men are the best!
CBC
March 20, 2014 at 3:57 pm
What is the definition of short and tall? We need height specifications.