These 4 Secrets Make You More Attractive In Photographs
Ladies: have a guy take the photo. Via In Your Face: The New Science of Human Attraction: ...women are subsequently judged more attractive in shots taken by a male photographer than in shots taken by a female photographer. 2) Guys: talk with a friendly girl before the picture is taken. Via In Your Face: The New Science of Human Attraction: ...photographs taken after five minutes’ chat with a sociable female, men looked significantly happier; they were also voted…
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This Quality Makes A Man Smarter, Faster, And A Better Lover
mmetry. (The more the left side of a man's body matches the right side, the more symmetrical he is. Take a close look at your face in the mirror and you'll notice that the two sides are not perfect twins.) Symmetry is a sign of good genes and one of the cornerstones of physical beauty. Via In Your Face: The New Science of Human Attraction: Men with symmetrical bodies apparently have a higher IQ, they run faster, dance better, sing…
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Watching TV Increases Empathy
s. Via an excellent piece by Jonathan Gottschall in the Boston Globe: As the psychologist Raymond Mar writes, “Researchers have repeatedly found that reader attitudes shift to become more congruent with the ideas expressed in a [fictional] narrative.” For example, studies reliably show that when we watch a TV show that treats gay families nonjudgmentally (say, “Modern Family”), our own views on homosexuality are likely to move in the same nonjudgmental direction. And it's not just TV. It's fiction, in…
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How To Be A Better Person: 7 Steps Backed By Research
all want to know how to be a better person. The science can be surprising. First, remember context, context, context. Your context dramatically affects your behavior, so manipulating it is the easiest, most painless way to change yourself. This is why the religious are nicer on Sundays and mentioning God makes people clean up their act. Thinking about your childhood (seriously, get a teddy bear) and seeing others do nice things can make you act more ethically. Our circumstances…
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Can being bad be very very good?
ung women and women who enjoy sex more prefer bad boys over nice guys. The best leaders have a significant number of negative personality traits. Criminals who kill more people get shorter prison sentences. Jerks and sexist men make more money. Being ethical can hurt your income. Narcissists actually are more attractive. They aren't more creative but you'll think they are. It's actually their worst characteristics that you're most attracted to. And they'll do better in job interviews than you…
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This Is The Key To A Woman’s Orgasm
bsp; More sex = more likely to have an orgasm. Not so for foreplay. INTRODUCTION: It has been asserted that women's likelihood or consistency of partnered orgasm (her orgasm as a result of sexual activities with a partner) is determined by duration of foreplay, but not by duration of penile-vaginal intercourse. AIMS: The objective was to examine the extent to which women's likelihood or consistency of partnered orgasm is associated with duration of foreplay, duration of penile-vaginal intercourse, and age.…
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Which side of your face is your “best side”?
ft side. Via Eurekalert: Your best side may be your left cheek, according to a new study by Kelsey Blackburn and James Schirillo from Wake Forest University in the US. Their work shows that images of the left side of the face are perceived and rated as more pleasant than pictures of the right side of the face, possibly due to the fact that we present a greater intensity of emotion on the left side of our face. Their work…
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Does email turn you into a jerk?
mmunicating via email (vs. face-to-face) makes people less cooperative and makes them feel more justified in being noncooperative: Two empirical studies are presented that explore how and why e-mail communication (versus face-to-face communication) influences cooperation in mixed motive group contexts. Results indicate that, relative to those engaging in face-to-face interaction, those who interacted via e-mail were (1) less cooperative and (2) felt more justified in being noncooperative. Feelings of justification mediated the relationship between communication media and the decision to…
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