Researchers gathered 517 college-age people in Jordan to find out how wearing glasses effects self-esteem measures. Getty Images Wearing glasses to make yourself seem smarter? You may want to ...

(Debrocke/ClassicStock/Getty Images) Analysis by Andrew Van Dam Writing from Lodi, Italy (which is not far from Milan), reader Brenda Philips asks: How many people wear glasses? And, more ...

Kinley et al. note that these results are consistent with prior research as well as the stereotype of people who wear glasses being viewed as more intelligent and dependable in terms of ...