Read the article. Facedness At first glance, you would be hard put to find any common ground between the angry features of Beethoven and the shy boyishness of Prince Harry. Of course, if you were Karl Smith, emeritus professor of psychology at America’s Wisconsin-Madison University, and had spent 15 years in research, you would know that both are left-faced. “Facedness” is the new theory that proposes, just as most of us are either left-handed or right-handed, we have a more dominant facial side. It also claims to reveal the physiognomy of musical genius. Left-facers, according to Smith’s studies, are better able to tune into the right side of the brain, which is associated with musical performance, while right-facers tap into the left hemisphere, which is specialized for cognitive process — to the layman, thinking. His surveys show that 85-90% of people are right-faced. “With rare exceptions, all musically talented people are left-faced,” he says. Wagner has one of the most marked left-facers that Smith has looked at, “dominant to the point of deformity.” He is joined by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Liszt. “I have yet to come across a great musical talent who is not left- faced,” says Smith. His work at New York’s Metropolitan Opera shows that over 98% of opera singers of a 50-year period have been left-faced. Most contemporary musicians looked at also had a dominant left side, from jazz musicians to pop stars. The test for dominance is simple. Researchers measured signals from changes in jaw and lip movements. But simply looking in a mirror will reveal a larger, more muscular side that is more flexible in speech and has a deeper dimple when you smile. The eyebrow will be higher and the skin smoother. But right-facers should not despair. Dexterity in cognitive processes means that most great mathematicians and scientists have been dominant on the right. “The marked right-facedness of Einstein is remarkable,” says Smith. Right-facers also have the edge in speech. Most great orators and all British prime ministers have been right-side dominant, from Walpole to Thatcher. And we have yet to see a pope or monarch cloaking musical genius. While left-facers have a better control of vowels, right-facers have the hold on consonants. Smith can recall no American news-reader who has been left-faced. Actors should also be looking for a higher right brow, since most of the Smith’s theory also maintains that right-facers make better dancers and athletes. They depend on a highly articulate understanding of movement and cognition, born out in the relation between a dominant right face and left brain. All athletes in the last Olympics were right-faced, he found, and a study of the Chicago and New York ballets showed 99% of dancers were right-faced. The one group of people who did not fall clearly into right or left were painters. “The evidence has been astoundingly consistent right across the board,” says Smith. As a music lover, he is reconciling himself to his own right-facedness. Unlike handedness, which develops at the age of three or four, facedness is determined before birth. For would-be composers and politicians there is no defying facedness, and parents should take note before signing up hopeful youngsters for music lessons - a glance in the mirror will tell if the expense will be worth it.   Choose the only correct answer What advantage do right-faced people often have?

• They are optimistic
• They are successful athletes
• They pronounce different words more correctly
• They are able to reason clearly

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• Read the article. Facedness At first glance, you would be hard put to find any common ground between the angry features of Beethoven and the shy boyishness of Prince Harry. Of course, if you were Karl Smith, emeritus professor of psychology at America’s Wisconsin-Madison University, and had spent 15 years in research, you would know that both are left-faced. “Facedness” is the new theory that proposes, just as most of us are either left-handed or right-handed, we have a more dominant facial side. It also claims to reveal the physiognomy of musical genius. Left-facers, according to Smith’s studies, are better able to tune into the right side of the brain, which is associated with musical performance, while right-facers tap into the left hemisphere, which is specialized for cognitive process — to the layman, thinking. His surveys show that 85-90% of people are right-faced. “With rare exceptions, all musically talented people are left-faced,” he says. Wagner has one of the most marked left-facers that Smith has looked at, “dominant to the point of deformity.” He is joined by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Liszt. “I have yet to come across a great musical talent who is not left- faced,” says Smith. His work at New York’s Metropolitan Opera shows that over 98% of opera singers of a 50-year period have been left-faced. Most contemporary musicians looked at also had a dominant left side, from jazz musicians to pop stars. The test for dominance is simple. Researchers measured signals from changes in jaw and lip movements. But simply looking in a mirror will reveal a larger, more muscular side that is more flexible in speech and has a deeper dimple when you smile. The eyebrow will be higher and the skin smoother. But right-facers should not despair. Dexterity in cognitive processes means that most great mathematicians and scientists have been dominant on the right. “The marked right-facedness of Einstein is remarkable,” says Smith. Right-facers also have the edge in speech. Most great orators and all British prime ministers have been right-side dominant, from Walpole to Thatcher. And we have yet to see a pope or monarch cloaking musical genius. While left-facers have a better control of vowels, right-facers have the hold on consonants. Smith can recall no American news-reader who has been left-faced. Actors should also be looking for a higher right brow, since most of the Smith’s theory also maintains that right-facers make better dancers and athletes. They depend on a highly articulate understanding of movement and cognition, born out in the relation between a dominant right face and left brain. All athletes in the last Olympics were right-faced, he found, and a study of the Chicago and New York ballets showed 99% of dancers were right-faced. The one group of people who did not fall clearly into right or left were painters. “The evidence has been astoundingly consistent right across the board,” says Smith. As a music lover, he is reconciling himself to his own right-facedness. Unlike handedness, which develops at the age of three or four, facedness is determined before birth. For would-be composers and politicians there is no defying facedness, and parents should take note before signing up hopeful youngsters for music lessons - a glance in the mirror will tell if the expense will be worth it.   Choose the only correct answer What does Karl Smith’s claim about the facedness theory?
• Read the article. Facedness At first glance, you would be hard put to find any common ground between the angry features of Beethoven and the shy boyishness of Prince Harry. Of course, if you were Karl Smith, emeritus professor of psychology at America’s Wisconsin-Madison University, and had spent 15 years in research, you would know that both are left-faced. “Facedness” is the new theory that proposes, just as most of us are either left-handed or right-handed, we have a more dominant facial side. It also claims to reveal the physiognomy of musical genius. Left-facers, according to Smith’s studies, are better able to tune into the right side of the brain, which is associated with musical performance, while right-facers tap into the left hemisphere, which is specialized for cognitive process — to the layman, thinking. His surveys show that 85-90% of people are right-faced. “With rare exceptions, all musically talented people are left-faced,” he says. Wagner has one of the most marked left-facers that Smith has looked at, “dominant to the point of deformity.” He is joined by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Liszt. “I have yet to come across a great musical talent who is not left- faced,” says Smith. His work at New York’s Metropolitan Opera shows that over 98% of opera singers of a 50-year period have been left-faced. Most contemporary musicians looked at also had a dominant left side, from jazz musicians to pop stars. The test for dominance is simple. Researchers measured signals from changes in jaw and lip movements. But simply looking in a mirror will reveal a larger, more muscular side that is more flexible in speech and has a deeper dimple when you smile. The eyebrow will be higher and the skin smoother. But right-facers should not despair. Dexterity in cognitive processes means that most great mathematicians and scientists have been dominant on the right. “The marked right-facedness of Einstein is remarkable,” says Smith. Right-facers also have the edge in speech. Most great orators and all British prime ministers have been right-side dominant, from Walpole to Thatcher. And we have yet to see a pope or monarch cloaking musical genius. While left-facers have a better control of vowels, right-facers have the hold on consonants. Smith can recall no American news-reader who has been left-faced. Actors should also be looking for a higher right brow, since most of the Smith’s theory also maintains that right-facers make better dancers and athletes. They depend on a highly articulate understanding of movement and cognition, born out in the relation between a dominant right face and left brain. All athletes in the last Olympics were right-faced, he found, and a study of the Chicago and New York ballets showed 99% of dancers were right-faced. The one group of people who did not fall clearly into right or left were painters. “The evidence has been astoundingly consistent right across the board,” says Smith. As a music lover, he is reconciling himself to his own right-facedness. Unlike handedness, which develops at the age of three or four, facedness is determined before birth. For would-be composers and politicians there is no defying facedness, and parents should take note before signing up hopeful youngsters for music lessons - a glance in the mirror will tell if the expense will be worth it.   Choose the only correct answer How is facedness different from handedness?
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