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Scientists Have Found a Weird Physical Sign That Someone Is Interested in You

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  1. OutOfHere · · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.ph&#x2F;WPQsB" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.ph&#x2F;WPQsB
  2. irickt · · focus · HN ↗
    Direct to paper:

    Body sway predicts romantic interest in speed dating

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC7812630&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC7812630&#x2F;

  3. readthenotes1 · · focus · HN ↗
    I wonder if this will be replicable?
    1. derbOac · · focus · HN ↗
      The movement coordination phenomenon has been replicated in a general sense. I think I was reading some articles a few weeks ago about general movement coordination (body, face, head) being predictive of increased attraction.

      There&#x27;s also stuff like this:

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;phys.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;2024-05-movement-strong-togetherness.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;phys.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;2024-05-movement-strong-togetherness.h...

      I&#x27;m less sure about the music part. My guess is it&#x27;s not about groove in particular but something else about music preferences or something, but who knows.

      1. PaulHoule · · focus · HN ↗
        I do something I call “rapid synchronization” to do street photography as a character. If I am getting a 60% take rate I think “damn, I am off my game and need to regroup” and can usually get to 80-95% statiatically and 100% emotionally.

        I understand how to project a “glamour” by using relaxation and grounding exercises and that is pretty powerful in itself but I don’t quite know how to articulate the rest of it. Sometimes people freeze up in my presence, but 90 seconds of rapid synchronization are safe and effective. 90 minutes is a different matter.

  4. delichon · · focus · HN ↗
    &gt; attempting to control for factors like one person being unreasonably attractive, and skewing the results.

    I&#x27;ve long suspected a bias in science against people like me.

    1. DaveSchmindel · · focus · HN ↗
      But you are a bird?
  5. coalbin · · focus · HN ↗
    The paper was published in 2020, wonder what spurred author to post about it now
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