The Digest guide to ... human attraction

10 years of the Research Digest Dress like the person you want to date. If there's someone in your class or workplace who you'd like to get to know better, try making yourself resemble them in some way. Obviously you don't want to take this too far - that would be creepy - but research suggests that we're more likely to sit next to someone who resembles us, so if you can find a way to strike a resemblance to the one you're after (e.g. wear the same fashion brand; don glasses if they wear them), the likelihood is increased that they'll sit down next to you in class or the meeting room at work. Use the power of touch. When making the bold move to ask someone out on a date, try touching them lightly on the arm as you do so. Do not turn it into a grope or stroke. A study published in 2007 found that a man had far more success asking women for their phone number if he touched them lightly on the arm. A later study that involved recording brain waves suggested that this effect works because we're more motivated by emotions that we experience at the same time as being touched. Use a popular pseudonym. If you're doing your wooing online and you have an unfashionable name, you might want to consider using a popular pseudonym. A study published last year found that people with unpopular names were far more likely to be rejected on a dating website; those with a popular name, by contrast, tended to receive far more contacts. Also, if you have your own website, you might want to consi...
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