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Tuesday, 25 January 2011 14:50
Are Your Words Compatible With Your Partner's?
Past research has shown that people are attracted to opposite sex partners who look like them and have similar personalities and values. Now new research has shown that we are also attracted to people who talk like us. The researchers also have a webpage where you can test your compatibility by cutting and pasting your emails, texts and Instant Messages.
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011 14:51
Macho Men Wanted by Fertile Women
Women who have partners without macho looks fantasise about more masculine looking men when they are in the most fertile stage of their menstrual cycle, according to new research. However, those already with manly-looking partners do not become more attracted to them.
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Wednesday, 01 December 2010 16:47
Is Infidelity Genetic?
Being unfaithful may be influenced by genetics, according to a new study. Does this give philanderers a convenient excuse? Well.... maybe...
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Monday, 25 October 2010 15:32
The Neurology of Love
It takes a fifth of a second to fall in love and 12 areas of the brain work tandem to release dopamine, oxytocin, adrenaline and vasopressin. This can give the same euphoric feeling as using cocaine, but also affects intellectual areas of the brain according to Professor Stephanie Ortigue at Syracuse University. Her study, “The Neuroimaging of Love,” also asked the question “Does the heart fall in love, or the brain?”
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Monday, 18 October 2010 10:25
Sexual Selection Selected Altruism
The relationship between sexual selection and human reproductive behaviour - The results of a recent study indicate that sexual selection led to the development of altruistic or selfless behaviour in humans. Sexual selection is a type of natural selection whereby genes that make reproduction more likely are more likely to be passed on. In other words, characteristics that are desirable in a mate become more common because people with those characteristics have more offspring.
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Wednesday, 29 September 2010 14:00
The Way You Argue Can Predict Divorce
If you are studying Relationships (and their breakdown), you may be interested in this new study investigating whether a couple's behaviours during arguments predict divorce. Previous research has shown that couples who call each other names are more likely to divorce.
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Wednesday, 22 September 2010 13:36
Are Men More Interested In A Woman's Body or Her Face?
If you are studying Relationships this year, you may be interested in some new research by David Buss and graduate students Jaime Confer and Carin Perilloux. Their study found that men looking for short term "companionship" are more interested in her body than her face; however, men looking for long term relationships are more focused on a woman's face.
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010 13:45
Is That Attractive Girl Looking At Me? No, No She Isn't!
We are better at judging whether or not we are being looked at if the person doing the looking is attractive, according to new research. Students studying "The relationship between sexual selection and human reproductive behaviour" may find this useful.
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Friday, 19 March 2010 16:48
Attractive Women Risky Men
Young men have an increase in testosterone and take greater risks in the presence of attractive women, according to new research on skateboarders.
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Thursday, 17 December 2009 14:44
Scientists Debunk Romantic Notions of Beauty
"You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, she is beautiful because you love her" (Anon) may sound romantic, but it isn't true according to Canadian Psychologists. It's all down to numbers apparently.
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