Postures can increase your success in online dating, study says

By Emanuella Grinberg, CNN

Updated 2102 GMT (0502 HKT) March 28, 2016

People make snap judgments about potential mates in a matter of minutes, if not seconds, especially in online and speed dating. Here's what a new study says about poses and postures that guarantee the best odds of success in dating profile pictures and speed dating.
Photos: Dominant postural expansiveness
People make snap judgments about potential mates in a matter of minutes, if not seconds, especially in online and speed dating. Here's what a new study says about poses and postures that guarantee the best odds of success in dating profile pictures and speed dating.
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The research article is called "Dominant, open nonverbal displays are attractive at zero-acquaintance," which essentially means that poses involving outstretched limbs and torsos are attractive in first encounters.
Photos: Dominant postural expansiveness
The research article is called "Dominant, open nonverbal displays are attractive at zero-acquaintance," which essentially means that poses involving outstretched limbs and torsos are attractive in first encounters.
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