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Do you have your eyes on someone you find attractive?
Do you hope they'd find you just as appealing as well?
There's more to attraction than simply looks.
Personality, values, interests,
and more can all play into attraction.
Are you looking for tips
on how to make yourself more desirable?
You've clicked the right video.
Here are seven things that will make others
subconsciously more attracted to you.
Number one, wearing sunglasses.
What makes a pair of sunglasses so cool?
Vannessa Brown, a lecturer at Nottingham Trent University,
wanted to find just that out.
Brown reasons that sunglasses
can help with an overall symmetric face,
hiding any symmetric imperfections around the eyes.
Sunglasses also hide the eyes,
which can make someone appear mysterious,
just like Gojo Satoru.
Brown explained to the cut,
"The eyes are such a tremendous source of information
"and vulnerability for the human being."
Number two, being androgynous.
According to a 1983 study
from Dr. Linda A. Jackson from Michigan State University,
those with both feminine and masculine attributes
are often rated as more attractive.
The study states that,
"Results indicated that androgynous persons
"were favorably perceived on the gender-linked dimensions
"of instrumentality and expressively,
"and in sex-neutral desirable traits.
"They were regarded as better adjusted, more likable,
"and as having an advantage in the occupational domain,
"compared to masculine and feminine persons."
Number three, being a kind person.
It's always a good thing to be kind to one another,
but one study from China also suggest
that it may just make you appear more physically attractive.
The study had three subject groups
examine pictures of people's faces
and rate how attractive they were.
One group was given personality information
that was positive,
while the others were giving negative information, or none.
The group giving positive personality information
rated the faces as more attractive than the others.
The study finds that positive personality
can increase perceptions of facial attractiveness,
and that this phenomenon of halo effect
on facial attractiveness has been evidenced.
So while we should all be kind, no matter what,
it's a nice bonus to know that it may pay off
in more ways than we think.
Not only will we make others feel good
and feel healthier and happier ourselves,
but we may just appear more physically attractive
than before.
Number four, own a pet.
So that pet you've always dreamed of adopting,
now is the time.
In 2008, two French social psychologists
decided to conduct an experiment.
They had a dashing young Frenchman named Antoine,
approached 240 randomly chose a woman
to ask for their phone number in hopes of a date.
Half of the women were approached by just Antoine,
the other half, well, Antoine approached them
with an adorable gray dog named Gwendu by his side.
A small 10% of women gave Antoine their number
when he was alone,
but Antoine's odds went up to 30%
when Gwendu was his wingman.
This is likely due to the idea
that owning a pet shows you can handle the responsibility,
are caring, committed, and the dog is just really cute,
perhaps making you cuter as well.
In another research study
led by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas,
Anthropologist Peter Gray
found that 36% of men and 35% of women
were more attracted to someone who owned a pet.
If you adopt a rescue animal, your odds only grow.
49% of men and 64% of women
were more attracted to someone who adopted a pet.
Also, if you don't like pets,
the data doesn't look too good for you.
54% of men and 75% of women said, they wouldn't consider
dating someone who didn't like pets at all.
Open your heart to animals, my friend.
Who doesn't love a cute little puppy?
Number five,
clearly expressing your emotions and observing others.
So, how well do you express your emotions?
It's been commonly known that communication is key
in relationships, so it's very important
that you not only express your emotions,
but observe how your partner or date is feeling as well.
A 2016 study published in the journal proceeding,
The National Academy of Sciences
examined whether people are attracted to others
whose affective behavior they can easily understand.
So they had subjects watch
different people, experience different emotions.
The results, the study states that they found,
the better a participant
thought they could understand another person's emotions,
the more they felt attracted towards that person.
Importantly, these individual changes
and interpersonal attractions were predicted by activity
in the participants reward circuit, which in turn
signaled how well the participant's neural vocabulary
was suited to decode the other's behavior.
Number six, tilting your head.
A 2015 study published in the
International Journal of Behavioral Etiology
wanted to find out if head tilt and fertility
contributed to aspects of a woman's attractiveness.
They had subjects rate facial portraits of women.
According to the study,
they found that the fertile phase portrait of each woman
was deemed more attractive in 56 to 62% of cases.
When the portraits were reclassified by head pitch,
the more downward tilted portrait was preferred
in 64 to 73% of cases.
They also found that downward tilted portraits
were rated as more behaviorally alluring
than less downward tilted ones.
And number seven, learn how to play a musical instrument.
What's your favorite musical instrument?
Do you plan to play?
A 2014 research study found
that those who could compose and play complex music
were seen as more attractive by women.
According to the lead researcher
at the University College, Dublin,
"The ability to complete complex music
"could be indicative of advanced cognitive abilities."
They go on to say that,
"Consequently, women may acquire genetic benefits
"for offspring by selecting musicians
"able to create more complex music as sexual partners."
So when it comes down to deciding
which class to take next semester,
sign yourself up for a good old band class,
or perhaps orchestra.
Not only will you discover the power of music,
but you'll be extra good looking
while rocking up that concerto.
So, do you do any of these things on the list?
Do you think it makes you more attractive?
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