Interested Or Deceptively Flirting? Observers Of First Dates Can Predict Outcome, Study Shows
Friday, January 30, 2009 - 09:38
in Psychology & Sociology
When it comes to assessing the romantic playing field, men and women were shown to be equally good at gauging men's interest during a study involving speed dating -- and equally bad at judging women's interest. The study, published in Psychological Science, focused on the ability of observers to judge romantic interest between others because of evolutionary benefits to finding one's own mate, such as knowing who might be available.