5 Things You Need to Know About Attraction

1. It's all Symmetrical

Attraction, it turns out, is at least partly a mathematical equation. We all start out as microscopic cells that split from conception to birth. If this splitting were perfectly symmetrical every single time in terms of attraction, you would have the perfect person. People are naturally more attracted to other people that have the same size and placement of their body parts and features. There is no perfect symmetry, but the closer a person comes to this developmental perfection the more they are attractive to others.

2. Non-verbal Attraction

The next time you are out in a social setting and trying to attract a member of the opposite sex, leave the pickup lines at home. It takes the average person between 90 second and four minutes to figure out if he or she feels an attraction to someone. However, during this short timeframe only 7 percent of what a person says matters. Over half or 55 percent of the attraction comes from body language and the other 38 percent is from the tone and speed of your voice.

3. Earlobes and Fingers

Research has shown a correlation between some features that you would not think of when talking about attraction. Studies show that in couples there are striking similarities in middle finger length, lung volume, ear lobe length, ear size, neck and wrist circumference and metabolic rates. So the next time you meet someone you may be attracted to, check out their ears and compare neck and wrist measurement to see if you two are compatible.

4. Soulful Stare

Attraction is not as difficult to engender as some seem to think. All it takes is a little personal sharing and a deep soulful stare into each other eyes. New York psychologist Professor Arthur Arun asked a group of complete strangers to undergo a test of attraction. They shared personal and intimate information with each other for 90 minutes and then stared into each other eyes for four minutes without talking. They result was that one couple got married and a majority of the couples said they were in love.

5. Pheromones

Pheromones are a controversial subject on the science of attraction. Some scientists say that odors play no role in our attraction to others. However, Claus Wedekind of the University of Bern in Switzerland conducted a study in 1995 where women were asked to smell the unwashed t-shirt of various men and to choose the one they preferred. He found that almost every female chose the t-shirt of a man with a different immune system. Another factor in smell attraction is familiarity. The University of Chicago conducted a similar smell study and found that the females most often chose smells most like their fathers.