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·September 5, 2023·7 min read

Birds of a Feather? Study Debunks Opposites Attract Myth

A new study debunked the myth that "opposites attract," revealing that similarity is more common in partnerships. Analyzing over 130 traits across millions of couples from the past century, between 82% and 89% of traits showed partners were likely to be alike.

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·February 23, 2023·3 min read

New Research Explores the Appeal of Dangerous Men

For short-term relationships, most women are more attracted to risk-taking men, a new study reports. Women who are in better health or have greater access to quality healthcare are more likely to be attracted to risk-taking men than women from other socioeconomic or health backgrounds.

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·August 10, 2015·2 min read

Love the Way You Move: Visual Cues that Make People Attractive to Others

Researchers investigate what factors come together to make a person attractive to others.

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·March 19, 2015·3 min read

Male Attraction to Certain Body Types Has Evolutionary Roots

According to a new study, a man's attraction to curvy women is rooted in evolution.

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·October 1, 2015·4 min read

Why Beauty Really is in the Eye of the Beholder

A new study reports personal experience is key to our opinions of attractiveness.

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·January 30, 2017·4 min read

Illuminating the Neurons of Social Attraction

Optogenetics and brain imaging techniques allow researchers to identify a small cluster of neurons in the hypothalamus that trigger attraction, a new study reports.

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·February 14, 2020·3 min read

Can beauty be-er ignored? The science behind the ‘beer goggles’ effect

When people are sober, they tend to be more distracted by attractive faces. When they are intoxicated, their attention becomes equally divided by both attractive and unattractive faces.

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·September 1, 2017·4 min read

Scents and Social Preference: Identifying the Roots of Attraction

Researchers at UCSD have isolated two microRNA molecules that are responsible for mediating neurotransmission switching from aversion to attraction, and vice versa.

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·May 11, 2023·8 min read

Shared Interests, Shared Essence: Unraveling the Psychology of Instant Connections

New research sheds light on the similarity-attraction effect, a psychological principle that governs how we form relationships based on shared interests. The study highlight the critical role of 'self-essentialist reasoning', a belief system where individuals perceive an inherent essence as the driver of their preferences and dislikes.