Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Pupils Dilate at Attraction.



Eyes are the window to the soul...or SOul they say.
So what if you could see into someone's 'soul'?

When we meet people, we seem to make instant judgements about them. Their hair, their shoes, the way they speak. Our emotional assessment is what is commonly known as Chemistry. Chemistry can be incredibly powerful between two people. It can erupt from nowhere, upon first laying eyes on someone. But did we ever think about reading their eyes?

It is as simple as this: When we see something or someone we like, our pupils will dilate. As a human being, we are attracted to this wide-eyed look. It makes the other person seem more intimate, attractive, and more into You. In response, our eyes will dilate, creating a cycle of enticement.

Pupillometrics is the study of pupil size as an indicator to emotion, first used in 1975 by Eckhard Hess, a University of Chicago biopsychologist. Hess was going through 'strikingly beautiful' animal photos one night, while his wife commented on how dilated their pupils were. The next day he went to the lab with his assistant, holding up random pictures of scenery and a pin-up girl. His eyes dilated at the pin-up girl. The two embarked on the study of this research after that.

In another study by Hess, groups of men were shown two sets of pictures of women. In one set, the pupils of the women were enlarged. In the other set, the pupils were reduced. Results showed the men preferred the women in the pictures with the enlarged pupils, even though they couldn't explain why. While the test was performed on a group of women, the results were the same.

Creating the mood: One cannot control pupil dilation, but when in a romantic setting, can definitely be set for love. A reduction of light causes pupils to dilate. This is why when people think of romantic restaurants, they usually think of ones with soft lighting and candles.

And while it is likely that pupil dilation is a sign of attraction, it is not true 100% of the time; Pupils may also dilate when lighting is darker (i.e. bars and clubs) or when the other person is on prescriptions/drugs/alcohol/just staring at some really delicious looking food (really).

Read more at: 
Cheshiretherapy.com
Changingminds.org
Bodylanguageexpert.co.uk

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