Study: Gaydar exists!

(Getty Images) Gay or straight -- are you able to tell? Did NPH ever trip your gaydar?

A recent study divided male and female students, both gay and straight, and showed them personal ads and Facebook profiles of 90 guys.

The findings? It only took 50 milliseconds (1/20 of a second) for the subjects  to say whether the men were gay or straight ... and they were accurate 55 to 70 percent of the time -- way more than chance.

The study was led by grad student Nicholas Rule, who researches people's reactions to  facial features and expressions, and published in July's Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 

No word on whether or not researchers found the 'dar of the gay subjects was more accurate than those of the straight subjects.

What do you think? Does everyone have gaydar? Only gay people? Only certain very observant people? Or is it a myth?

Story via Towleroad

(Getty Images) Gay or straight -- are you able to tell? Did NPH ever trip your gaydar?

A recent study divided male and female students, both gay and straight, and showed them personal ads and Facebook profiles of 90 guys.

The findings? It only took 50 milliseconds (1/20 of a second) for the subjects  to say whether the men were gay or straight ... and they were accurate 55 to 70 percent of the time -- way more than chance.

The study was led by grad student Nicholas Rule, who researches people's reactions to  facial features and expressions, and published in July's Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 

No word on whether or not researchers found the 'dar of the gay subjects was more accurate than those of the straight subjects.

What do you think? Does everyone have gaydar? Only gay people? Only certain very observant people? Or is it a myth?

Story via Towleroad