{"id":1191238,"date":"2022-01-05T15:34:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T20:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1191238"},"modified":"2022-01-05T15:34:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T20:34:40","slug":"study-celebrity-obsessed-people-are-less-intelligent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-celebrity-obsessed-people-are-less-intelligent\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Celebrity-Obsessed People Are Less Intelligent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstudy-celebrity-obsessed-people-are-less-intelligent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1191238&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">New research from a Hungarian study has found that celebrity-obsessed people are less intelligent, as they perform lower on cognitive tests than those with lower levels of celebrity worship.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s40359-021-00679-3\">study<\/a>&nbsp;published in BMC Psychology late last year concluded that \u201cthere is a&nbsp;direct association between celebrity worship and poorer performance on the cognitive tests that cannot be accounted for by demographic and socioeconomic factors.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The study asked 1,763 Hungarian adults to complete two&nbsp;intelligence subtests \u2014 one a vocabulary test and the other a&nbsp;digit symbol substitution test \u2014 before&nbsp;completing a questionnaire, titled, \u201cCelebrity Attitude Scale\u201d to determine their levels of interest in celebrities.<\/p>\n<p>The study also recorded each participant\u2019s material wealth, current family income, and general socio-demographics.<\/p>\n<p>To gauge their levels of celebrity interest, participants answered whether they&nbsp;agreed or disagreed with a series of statements, including, \u201cI often feel compelled to learn the personal habits of my favorite celebrity,\u201d and \u201cI am obsessed by details of my favorite celebrity\u2019s life,\u201d according to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psypost.org\/2022\/01\/people-who-are-obsessed-with-celebrities-tend-to-score-lower-on-measures-of-cognitive-ability-62314\">report<\/a>&nbsp;by PsyPost.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19373682\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1147446457.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19373682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1147446457.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Kylie Jenner and Kendall Jenner attend The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Neilson Barnard\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19373698\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1188352837.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19373698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1188352837.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1462\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>US singer Taylor Swift speaks onstage during the Z100\u2019s iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York on December 13, 2019. (ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another statement on the questionnaire read,&nbsp;\u201cIf I were lucky enough to meet my favorite celebrity, and he\/she asked me to do something illegal as a favor I would probably do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The results found that \u201clinear regression models indicated that celebrity worship was associated with lower performance on the cognitive tests even after controlling for demographic variables, material wealth and self-esteem, although the explanatory power was limited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The researchers, however, said that it remains unclear whether celebrity-obsessed people perform poorly on cognitive tests because they are using their brainpower to think about famous people, or if&nbsp;they are fixated on celebrities because they are less intelligent to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFuture studies should seek further support for our suggestion that the cognitive effort invested in maintaining the absorption in a favorite celebrity may interfere with the person\u2019s performance in tasks that require attention and other cognitive skills,\u201d the researchers told PsyPost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough our research does not prove that developing a powerful obsession with one\u2019s favorite celebrity causes one to score lower on cognitive tests, it suggests that it might be wise to carefully monitor feelings for one\u2019s favorite celebrity, keeping in mind that most celebrities are human beings who have some flaws just like average persons have,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana&nbsp;Mastrangelo on&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and Twitter at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research from a Hungarian study has found that celebrity-obsessed people are less intelligent, as they perform lower on cognitive tests than those with lower levels of celebrity worship. 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