Post Date December, 03 2023
How do we choose partners? What is love? Why do opposites attract? Scientists have been trying to solve these mysteries. According to Life Science, so far, they have measured the shape and edges of human faces, studied the symmetry of dancers' bodies, listed the "attraction" equation through the body measurement of magazine models, and listed the qualities and personalities that attract men and women. Although there are still many unknown fields, the list of scientific rules of love game is emerging.
First discovery: beauty of symmetry
The human body develops from divided cells. If each division can be carried out perfectly, the result is a baby with balanced and symmetrical body parts. But nature will not make people in this way. Genetic variation and environmental pressure make symmetry change, and the result has lifelong significance. Human body symmetry shows that a person has the genetic advantage of good survival ability, which is beneficial to health. If you choose a symmetrical and perfect partner and breed with her, your offspring will have a high probability of having a symmetrical body and can better deal with emotional instability. "
Tehosier has been engaged in symmetry research for the past 15 years, and found that both men and women think that the opposite sex with good body symmetry is more attractive and healthy. By asking volunteers questions, Tehosier also found that men with higher symmetry have more sexy partners than men with lower symmetry.
Discovery 2: beauty of buttocks
Of course, body shape is also an important aspect. Scientists have proved this with some figures. Devendra Singer, a psychologist at the University of Texas, USA, studied the ratio of waist circumference to hip circumference. Women with a waist to hip ratio of 0.7 (indicating that the waist is much thinner than the hips) are the most attractive to men. Scientists analyzed the figure of magazine models and Miss America contestants, and found that most of these women had a waist to hip ratio of less than 0.7.
In a 2004 study, Singh concluded that generally speaking, women with waist-to-hip ratio between 0.67 and 1.18 are the most attractive to men, while men with waist-to-hip ratio between 0.8 and 1.0 are also the most attractive to women. Research shows that people who belong to the ideal hip proportion range (regardless of their weight) are less likely to suffer from cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and other diseases. And women in this range will have less difficulties in pregnancy.
Discovery 3: Face and body odor
A person's fertility can also be seen through his facial structure. Tehosier explained that estrogen limits the growth of women's lower face and chin bones, making them relatively short and small. At the same time, this hormone also controls the growth of women's eyebrows, making them more prominent. Men are affected by testosterone, which helps to form a good lower face, chin and thick eyebrows.
Tehosier said that men and women with these characteristics are considered more attractive because they indicate reproductive health. Tehosier also said that at present, an industry mainly engaged in improving the level of human symmetry is developing rapidly.
Discovery 4: The Mystery of Combination
Last year, Philip Rushton, a psychologist at the University of Western Ontario, Canada, studied the relationship between human genes. The results showed that, according to a series of heritable personality characteristics, similar genes played a 34% role in the process of friendship and mate selection.
For example, if your spouse is genetically similar to you, you are more likely to have a happy marriage. Research shows that once the genetic similarity is high, the rate of child abuse will be relatively low. In addition, you will be more selfless and willing to make greater sacrifices for those who are more similar to your own genes.
Therefore, we are more likely to combine with people with similar outlook on life and values, which coincides with the results of a 2005 study of newlyweds by psychologist Eva Kolonan of the University of Iowa. These features are more obvious, more easily perceived by others, and can play a role in the initial acquaintance stage. Researchers have found that once lovers have completed the long run of love, personality similarity will make them close
The tie is stronger. In addition, a sense of humor will also help maintain a long-term relationship between the two parties. Eric Bressler of McMaster University in Canada said that humor is of different importance to men and women. A study by Bressler in 2005 found that women prefer men who can make them laugh, and men prefer women who are amused by their jokes.
Interestingly, scientists' brain scans of people who recently fell in love revealed more activities related to love rather than sex. Helen Fisher, an anthropologist at Rutgers University, said: "Romantic love is one of the most powerful human experiences. There is no doubt that love is more powerful than sexual desire."
The rules of attraction have formed a long list. But even scientists do not know the order of this list. But the quality close to the top of the list may be the aspect that needs to be considered in advance when looking for the perfect partner. Although there are differences, both men and women highly value one quality: honesty.
Stephen Emren and his colleagues from Cornell University in the United States conducted a questionnaire survey on nearly 1000 young people aged from 18 to 24. The results showed that volunteers were particularly concerned about these aspects of potential partners: after honesty, the important characteristics were appearance, family dedication, wealth and status.
(Intern editor: Cai Junyi)
