{"id":254745,"date":"2024-08-16T00:46:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T00:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/16\/did-natalie-always-look-like-a-natalie-a-new-study-investigates\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:12:18","slug":"did-natalie-always-look-like-a-natalie-a-new-study-investigates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/16\/did-natalie-always-look-like-a-natalie-a-new-study-investigates\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Natalie always look like a Natalie? A new study investigates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13141709\/SEI_217246487.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2443668\" data-caption=\"\" data-credit=\"Josie Ford\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Face: the future<\/h2>\n<p>Should you take at face value a science paper that suggests that your face is the result of a \u201cself-fulfilling prophecy process\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>A study called \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2405334121\">Can names shape facial appearance<\/a>?\u201d claims it \u201cprobes the origins\u201d of a supposed either\/or question. The question: do parents choose a name that seems to match their infant\u2019s \u201cinnate facial characteristics\u201d \u2013 or, instead, does the child\u2019s facial appearance, as they grow up, change shape to better match some stereotype of people who have that birth name?<\/p>\n<p>Did Natalie always look like a Natalie? 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