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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?
Vanessa 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.
Results indicated that androgynous persons
were favorably perceived on the gender-linked dimensions
of instrumentality and expressivity,
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 suggests
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 given 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's the time.
In 2008, two French social psychologist decided
to conduct an experiment.
They had a dashing young Frenchman named Antoine
approach 240 randomly chosen women
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 responsibility,
are caring, committed,
and the dog's 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 participant's 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 Ethology
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 this 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 ol' 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?
Share with us down below in the comments.
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