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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What’s the best type of movie to see with someone you’re really attracted to?
rget documentaries and drama. Comedy won't cut it. You want something exciting. "Misattribution of emotions" means that when exciting things happen we'll associate those feelings with the people in our presence when they occur. And studies show that mental arousal can, um, lead to other kinds of arousal. The research directly confirms that you want movies that get the heart racing. Horror does the trick: Related to this is the ‘snuggle theory’ – the idea that viewing horror films may…
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Beautiful People Are More Successful. Here’s Why.
a Beauty Pays: Why Attractive People Are More Successful: Using these large random samples of women and men, we can compare their earnings to the ratings of their looks. Compared to the average group (people rated as 3 on the 5 to 1 scale), below-average looking women (rated 2 or 1 on the scale) earn 3 percent less, while below-average looking men earn 22 percent less. Above-average looking women (rated 4 or 5 on the scale) earn 4 percent more…
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Here’s Whether Women Really Reach Their Sexual Peak In Their Thirties
pends on how you define "peak." Women in their 30's report more orgasms but not more desire. Via Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?: Bodies, Behavior, and Brains--The Science Behind Sex, Love, & Attraction: Many women believe a libidinous tidal wave will rush over them in their thirties, but the theory doesn't quite hold water. It was popularized by the sex researcher/crusader Alfred Kinsey. Conducting national surveys throughout post World War II America, Kinsey found that women ages thirty to thirty-four…
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3 Quick Tips That Will Make You More Charismatic
a The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism: Lower the intonation of your voice at the end of your sentences. Reduce how quickly and how often you nod. Pause for two full seconds before you speak. Why do these work? I've posted a number of times on the power of your voice. You can predict who will be elected president by how deep their voice is. Men with deeper voices are more attractive…
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What does the color of your clothing tell others about you?
a The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism: Red conveys energy, passion. Wear red to wake up an audience. Black shows you’re serious and that you won’t take no for an answer. White exudes honesty and innocence, which is why defendants often choose it in the courtroom. Blue emits trust. The darker the shade, the deeper the level of trust it elicits. Gray is a good neutral, the quintessential color of business. Orange…
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Ladies: is smiling the key to getting a man to approach you?
e contact plus smile gets results. Via How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships: The smile's pickup power was proven for posterity by solemn researchers at the University of Missouri. They conducted a highly controlled study titled "Giving the Come-On: Effect of Eye Contact and Smiling in a Bar Environment."15 (I kid you not.) To prove their hypothesis, female researchers made eye contact with unsuspecting male subjects enjoying a little libation in a local…
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This Increases A Woman’s Ability To Get Sexually Aroused
ercise. Via Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex: Along these same lines, exercise has been shown to improve a woman’s ability to get aroused. Which makes sense: Exercise makes the body more efficient at body more efficient at pumping blood. “So when you get into a sexual situation,” says Cindy Meston, who ran the study, “the response is both quicker and more intense.” (Though it’s also possible, Meston allows, that women in better shape simply feel less self-conscious.…
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