It's all in the stance, apparently...
In a world where people are looking for love at first swipe, a lot of people put a lot more time than they're willing to admit into their dating app profiles.
Because quite often, that match comes down to someone's split-second impulse, based on the allure of your offering.
So you want to make sure what you're presenting to the world is the best it possibly can be.
While the obvious things like your general appearance, and whether you look clean or not play a massive role in deciding how many right-swipes you get.
A surprising new study has lifted the lid on what is perhaps a key success factor in online dating - your posture.
According to a team of researchers at Princeton University, New Jersey, people are more likely to be successful on dating apps if they use expansive postures in their photos. Such as, their arms are facing outward rather than folded or their legs are apart rather than crossed.
The study, which was published in the journalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, claims that these postures indicate traits such as openness and dominance, which are typically perceived as attractive.
“We have seen it within the animal world, that taking on extra space and maximising presence inside a physical space can be used as signal for attracting a mate,” lead author on the study Dr Tanya Vacharkulksemsuk said.
“By applying dominance they are attempting to signal to some potential mate ‘I can do things, I’ve got a space within this hierarchy, I get access to sources.’'
So how did they come across these findings? Apparently the researchers created two different dating app profiles for the same person. One was an image of that person in a hunched-over stance, while the other showed them posing in an expansive posture.
And what they found, was the latter profile was almost twice as likely to be successful!
There you have it, stand tall.
