Summer disposes to romantic interests, doesn't it? The sun, beaches, smiles, short skirts … Wonderful time!
But before diving headlong into feelings, you should learn some important and interesting psychological facts.
Men and women prefer rebel partners
Everyone knows that women like rebellious men. However, it is generally accepted that men, in turn, prefer obedient women, those who follow the rules. Women themselves have suggested that submissiveness should be attractive to men, but research has shown the opposite: the attractiveness of a submissive woman is highly overrated.
Neural "synchronization"
Partners who can easily understand each other's emotions have a natural attraction to each other. Understanding your partner's emotions creates feelings of attachment.
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Scans of the brain showed that mutual attraction is associated with a similar structure of the nervous system, the so-called neural "synchronization". Individual changes in mutual attraction were predetermined by the subjects' reinforcing system. This system sends a signal to the brain about how quickly and correctly the person is able to "decode neural signals" of the intended partner.
Equality in height
New research has shown that people prefer to choose a partner who is close to their own height. Although this fact goes against the general belief that women prefer tall men, Dr. Tenesa argues that by obtaining genetic data on the height of one partner, scientists were able to accurately predict the height of the second partner in 13% of cases.
The power of pathological attraction
People with painful personality traits such as impulsivity and neuroticism are more likely than others to be happy in love: they have more fans, partners and children. These are the results of a study of nearly a thousand heterosexual men and women.
No smiles guys
Women find self-confident and serious men more attractive: the lack of a smile makes a man look more masculine.
Women, on the other hand, should smile more often in order to be attractive, because a smile signals that a woman is disposed to new acquaintances, friendly (and not only) relationships.
Younger and slimmer
Another study showed that very slender (even thin) women seem more attractive to men. The fact is that thinness is associated with youth, and therefore slender women seem younger to men and, therefore, more attractive. Although, one shouldn't write off the influence of the media either.
Expansive poses
Both men and women look more attractive when they take an open position. Thus, hands free or a natural hand position is always better than folded or tense hands. The same goes for the legs - legs apart are better than crossed legs.
The fact is that open and non-tight poses demonstrate self-confidence and openness, and therefore seem more attractive. The study is based on data from one of the quick date projects. Before the date itself, participants could look at photos of prospective partners in order for them to try to predict who they would like in the end. As a result, the participants who chose a more open and not clamped pose for the photo "got more likes."
Glass of wine
Research has shown that one or two glasses of wine can make you more attractive. And this is not a well-known rule, when everyone around you seems more attractive to the drinker, but on the contrary: the one who has drunk a couple of glasses of wine turns out to be more attractive. By the way, three glasses of wine or more - no longer produce such an effect.