The Best Way To Dress When You Want To Influence Someone
search shows you should either: 1) Dress formally or, 2) Dress like they do: Via The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism: In the 1970s, when young adults’ dress styles tended to fall into either the “hippie” or the “straight” category, researchers experimented with the effects of clothing choice. They approached college students on a campus, sometimes wearing hippie clothes and other times wearing straight clothes, and asked for change to make a…
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Here’s What Your Voice Tells Others About You
ople judge you by your voice in many ways. Via Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior: The result: speakers with higher-pitched voices were judged to be less truthful, less emphatic, less potent, and more nervous than speakers with lower-pitched voices. Also, slower-talking speakers were judged to be less truthful, less persuasive, and more passive than people who spoke more quickly. “Fast-talking” may be a cliché description of a sleazy salesman, but chances are, a little speedup will make…
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Are fist bumps, high fives, chest bumps, head grabs and half hugs the key to team performance?
he teams that touched the most cooperated the most, and won the most." Via Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior: So are touchy-feely people more successful at getting things done? There is no data on whether bosses who dole out the occasional pat on the head run a smoother operation, but a 2010 study by a group of researchers in Berkeley found a case in which a habit of congratulatory slaps to the skull really is associated with…
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Is dishonesty contagious?
o you hang out with does affect your ethical standards and, as is often the case, negative behavior influences us much more than positive behavior. Via The Boston Globe: If your mom warned you about running around with the wrong crowd, it turns out she may have been on to something: New research suggests that hanging out with immoral people can actually change your own standards for behavior. People who were made to relate to another person—whether by writing a…
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Are lastborns creative risk-takers? Are firstborns smarter? What’s the deal with birth order?
stborns are more open to new ideas, more likely to come up with new scientific theories and more likely to be innovators: Via The Consuming Instinct: What Juicy Burgers, Ferraris, Pornography, and Gift Giving Reveal About Human Nature: Generally speaking, lastborns tend to score higher on openness to new experiences and ideas, given the fact that they've had to think outside the box in uniquely positioning themselves within a smaller set of available niches. Sulloway tested his theory by investigating…
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Why do bad moods increase self-defeating behavior?
d moods sap your willpower which leads to greater risk-taking: Increased risk taking may explain the link between bad moods and self-defeating behavior. In Study 1, personal recollections of self-defeating actions implicated bad moods and resultant risky decisions. In Study 2, embarrassment increased the preference for a long-shot (high-risk, high-payoff) lottery over a low-risk, low-payoff one. Anger had a similar effect in Study 3. Study 4 replicated this and showed that the effect could be eliminated by making participants analyze…
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How To Be James Bond: Science Explains Why He’s Irresistible To Women
nt to know how to be James Bond? Science has the answers. These certainly aren't all easy - but it wouldn't be Bond if it was. Any guy who can embody - or seem to embody most of these shouldn't have trouble with the ladies, shaken or stirred. How To Be James Bond Step 1: Confidence Bond is supremely confident. This makes him sexy. It also makes him great at his job; being overconfident often gives better results than…
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10 Things That Will Change The Way You Think About Love
udies show that, in general, men are actually more romantic than women. Men also say "I love you" first, have more positive recollections of their first kiss, and are more likely to end a relationship because it lacked "magic." Saying "I love you" means the most to men and women at different times. Flowers really do increase romantic feelings. Uncertainty does too. There are shortcuts to bonding with a romantic partner on a deeper level. You can tell if people…
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