Body language experts reveal the key signs of someone liking you
Girls DON’T flip their hair if they fancy you, reveal experts studying body language (but smiling, laughing and making eye contact are all good signs)
- Body language experts have revealed the key signs of someone liking you
- Eye contact, mimicry, laughter and smiling are all indicators of attraction
- Some behaviours hold true across cultures and are universal signs of interest
- Experts say these subconscious behaviours are signals of all forms of ‘liking’
- This includes between friends and doe not guarantee a romantic interest
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Tell-tale signs that someone may fancy you have been revealed by body language experts.
Smiling, eye contact and laughing are all key giveaways that another person is attracted to you, they found.
Researchers also dispelled several myths around attraction, finding that girls rarely flip their hair if they’re eyeing you up.
Experts said the subconscious behaviours are signals of all forms of ‘liking’, including between friends and family – they do not guarantee romantic interest.
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The tell-tale signs that someone may fancy you have been revealed by body language experts. Smiling, eye contact and laughing are all key giveaways that someone is attracted to you, they found (stock image)
The scientists, from the University of Dayton in Ohio, said that ‘attraction’ behaviours are those associated with developing trust and rapport between people.
Study lead author Dr Matthew Montoya said: ‘When we like someone, we act in ways to get them to trust us.
‘From this perspective, we engage in these behaviours to increase the degree of overlap, interdependence, and commitment to an agreement.’
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Researchers looked at several studies which have covered the topic of attraction over the last few decades.
They discovered a number of subconscious behaviours that are associated with attraction.
Making eye contact, smiling, initiating conversation, laughing and maintaining physical proximity were related to liking across many cultures.
Mimicking behaviours and head nodding are also related to liking somone in Western cultures.
The study also dispelled common myths that have circulated for years, such as the famed female hair flip. Scientists found that there is little to no substantial evidence that someone flipping their hair is proof of fancying someone (stock image)
Such behaviours are also linked to the development of trust and rapport.
‘There is a specific suite of behaviours associated with liking, and this same set of behaviours can be found in cultures from around the world,’ Dr Montoya said.
The study also dispelled common myths that have circulated for years, such as the famed female hair flip.
Scientists found that there is little to no substantial evidence that someone flipping their hair is proof of attraction.
Lifting eyebrows, using gestures, tilting their head, primping their clothes, maintaining an open body posture and leaning in are also not indicators of somone liking you, they say.
Dr Montoya added that the findings go beyond the world of dating.
‘Whether we engage in these behaviours has little or nothing to do with romantic desires,’ he said.
‘These behaviours apply when doctors interact with their patients, parents interact with their kids, or when salespeople talk to their customers.’
The results are published in Psychological Bulletin.
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