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To Find Love, Show Some: Study

Posted Sep 8, 08 5:28 PM CDT in Science & Health 

(Newser) – Unrequited romantics can stop blaming facial symmetry and voice pitch for their woes: A new study suggests finding love might be as simple as declaring it, the Independent reports. Social cues such as eye contact, smiling, and verbal come-ons play an important role in beckoning Cupid, researchers concluded after showing hundreds of men and women flash cards of faces with different expressions.

"The preference for the attractive face was much stronger when people were judging those faces that were looking at them and smiling," the report's co-author says.

Source Independent (UK)

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"What we found was that the preference for the attractive face was much stronger when people were judging those faces that were looking at them and smiling," the study's author said.   (KRT Photos)
Social cues like eye contact and smiling are ways to express, and create, love.   (Shutterstock)
Finding love could be as simple as looking interested, a new study finds.   (Shutter stock)
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