How well do we really know our relationship partners?
t nearly as well as we think. This study shows that our confidence about how well we know someone comes from the vividness of our impression of them -- but that's not the same as accuracy. Rich impressions make us more confident that we know our long term partner but the research shows our beliefs might not be any more accurate than those of people who have dated briefly: ...Our findings suggest that the confidence people have in their impressions…
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Who is more likely to fall asleep after sex: men or women?
ither. It's equally common. Via Science Daily: Despite the common stereotype, the researchers did not find it more common for men to fall asleep first after sex. Women, however, were more likely to fall asleep first when sex hadn't taken place. Join 25K+ readers. Get a free weekly update via email here. Related posts: 10 things that you need to know about sex 10 things you need to know about attraction 10 things you need to know about relationships
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Can women tell a nice guy from a player by looking at his eyes?
ey think they can. Guys whose opened their eyes wider were more likely to be perceived as interested in long-term relationships. Squinters were seen as being more interested in sex: Facial features and expressions influence perceptions of attractiveness, personality, behavioral tendencies, and relationship preferences. We manipulated eyelid openness in facial images of two men. Consistent with our predictions, open eyelid images were associated more so with behaviors consistent with long-term mating strategies and lowered eyelid images were associated more so…
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Can a Facebook profile tell others how anxious you are?
s, it can: Research on Facebook has suggested that individuals’ profiles are an accurate portrayal of the self and that it may be possible to identify traits such as narcissism and extraversion by viewing a Facebook profile. It has been suggested, however, that largely internal experiences, such as anxiety, should be less detectable in such contexts. In the current study, the authors tested if objective criteria (e.g., number of interests) on users’ profiles (N = 62) could discriminate between individuals…
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Can popular music predict the stock market?
oks like it: Popular music may presage market conditions because people contemplating complex future economic behavior prefer simpler music, and vice versa. In comparing the annual average beat variance of the songs in the U.S. Billboard Top 100 since its inception in 1958 through 2007 to the standard deviation of returns of the S&P 500 for the same or the subsequent year, a significant negative correlation is observed. Furthermore, the beat variance appears able to predict future market volatility, producing…
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Do fathers love their children less than mothers do?
ms report getting more happiness from their children whereas fathers ranked kids no higher than their career. Women in relationships got a happiness boost after having children. Men only seemed to derive well-being from the relationship. For example, a 1997 Pew Survey found that “ninty-three percent of mothers think their children are a source of happiness all or most of the time. Eighty-six percent of mothers of children under age eighteen say their relationship to their children is crucial to…
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What do the longest living people have in common?
ey place a strong emphasis on family and social engagement. From Sonja Lyubomirsky's very interesting book, The How of Happiness: An intriguing analysis of three communities of very long-living people -- Sardinians in Italy, Okinawans in Japan, and Seventh-Day Adventists in Loma Linda, California -- revealed that they all had five things in common. At the top of that list were "Put family first" and "Keep socially engaged." Join 25K+ readers. Get a free weekly update via email here. Related posts: How…
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Do hugs really make us happier?
s. People assigned to give or receive hugs 5 times a day ended up happier than the control group. From Sonja Lyubomirsky's very interesting book, The How of Happiness: In a one-of-a-kind study, students at Pennsylvania State University were assigned to two groups. The first group was instructed to give or recevie a minimum of five hugs per day over the course of four weeks and to record the details. The hugs had to be front-to-front (nonsexual) hugs, using both…
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