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Researchers Discover Irresistible Dance Moves

sciencehabit writes "To find out if certain dance moves are more attractive to women than others, researchers recruited a bunch of college guys and used motion-capture to create avatars of them dancing. When women watched the avatars (2 videos included in story), the men they found most attractive were those who kept their heads and torsos moving without flailing their arms and legs. The researchers say dancing is thus an honest signal to women of the man's strength and health, just as it is in crabs and hummingbirds, who also move in special ways to attract mates."

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  1. Re:that picture! by kg8484 · · Score: 3, Informative

    That is moshgirl. Old meme is old.

  2. Re:Science! by operagost · · Score: 3, Informative

    Common sense says that a son of an islamic black diplomat must be islamic and can't be american.

    Huh? Common sense isn't supposed to be illogical.

    Common sense says that heavier objects fall faster.

    It depends on whether your commoner uses Newtonian or quantum physics.

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  3. Re:Our generation and dance by Maxo-Texas · · Score: 3, Informative

    Real dance isn't choreographed. A good swing dancer is making up the dance to fit the mood and the music as they go along.
    The female is constantly being surprised, touched, brushed and it's all part of the dance.

    I am not a good swing dancer- at best I got to be average but women like good dancers so I took lessons.

    Fortunately, I'm tall, make good money, have muscles, and good dental hygiene.

    The last is a lot more important that most guys realize to keeping her once you catch her.

    I suspect regular dancers are in better physical condition for sex once they get it.

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  4. Re:An another assumption of universality... by PatrickThomson · · Score: 3, Informative

    Claiming that research done with realistic budget limitations shames us all is asinine bullshit. You have this result, or you have nothing. This is intriguing, perhaps it merits further study, perhaps behavioural psychologists in other nations will study the locals there. Perhaps not. The only overarching conclusions were written by the five word headline, or by your own built-in summariser.

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