Is it really in the TV series "How I Met Your Mother" was opened provable sociological phenomenon to modern scientists? Is it true that the girl stare at your husband at the bar? The answer to both of these important issues, according to science, is "yes!».
Let's just set the record straight «i» - the set of not very scientific facts were "really" "scientifically proven", following the exact the logic of scientific methods. Based on information and advertising and commercials, it seems that the numbers and statistics can be changed so that any point of view to tell the scientist. Some cleanser better than the competition and is "scientifically proven." This cologne has been "scientifically proven" that increases your attractiveness to women. The list goes on.
But it was not specified in order to detract from the list that follows, and in order to advance to stop criticizing the cynics among us. These strange facts have been analyzed in detail a team of professionals, who have made sure that the sample size was correct datasets adequately broken down into segments and all statistics were significant enough to draw a conclusion. Sounds impressive, does not it? Until then, until you realize that we're talking about things like the fact that small changes in your wardrobe will make you more attractive to the opposite sex, or whether a waste of time making a list of future cases.
Here 7 weird facts that have been proven by various scientific methods really ...
7. Universe - beige
Color "Cosmic latte", to be "scientifically" accurate. Seriously.
According to astronomers from Johns Hopkins University, the study of color all over the world throughout the universe, including more than 200,000 galaxies, showed an average or slightly whitish beige color. If you have installed Photoshop or another program for designers, you can see the "cosmic latte" right on your screen. RGB hexadecimal code for the entire universe - # FFF8E7.
Hmmm. We expected that the color of the entire universe will be a little less ... boring. Where are all the same great supernovae, which we have seen in the pictures? Or meteors and Earth-like blue dots? No. According to science, the color space dust matches the color of coffee stains. Thank you, science.
6. Girls are more attractive in groups
This is called the Cheerleader Effect, also commonly known as Bridesmaids Paradox, Member of the Sorority Girl Syndrome, as well as in the mid-90s, known as "Conspiracy Spice Girls». For the first time the attention of the world this phenomenon presented Barney Stinson in the TV series "How I Met Your Mother", but it was officially confirmed in a recent study of science of psychology.
It's true. When people see a group of people (men or women), we automatically averages their facial features, often appreciating one of them up when we see within a group than individually.
In order to prove the theory, scientists have shown great the number of participants is 100 people, some people have been shown in group and some were photographed separately. In most cases, the person was evaluated more attractive when the photo besides him were his friends, than when he was pictured one.
5. Praise - it's good
Of course, from a subjective point of view, this is a true fact. Nobody likes when he was crying, and all the love when someone tells them that they are great people. However, research shows that when it comes to desktop management, positive reinforcement, praise or simply brings a much better result and a better performance than negative reinforcement or criticism.
As in the case of dogs - when you give dog treats after she did something good, it is more likely to lead to good behavior than if you punish your dog after a mistake, people also respond better to praise and recognition of their achievements, showing better results and doing more work. Some studies have shown that the program for the promotion of wage workers can increase productivity and reduce the rate of employee turnover by 40 percent.
4. Women like the "T"
According to science, the secret to attracting women is not how much money you earn and not what cologne you buy: the whole thing in your shirt.
There Nottingham Trent University, UK, the researchers found that men wearing plain white T-shirt with the image of a large black letter "T" on the front side have significantly improved their attractiveness to the opposite sex. How do they do it? Shape of the letter "T" quietly improves the ratio of "waist-to-chest" wearing her men, which is a key symbol of masculinity and desirability for women.
This phenomenon has been scientifically proven by demonstrating a large group of women pictures of men dressed in simple white T-shirt, T-shirt with the letter T and the vertical inverted letter T. They were then asked to rate each image on the basis of perceived attractiveness, health and intelligence.
For men who already were so close to the desired ratio, T-shirts with vertical «T» had little impact on the attractiveness (although even in their case, there is a positive correlation). However, for men, more distant from the ideal ratio of this simple psychological technique, increased the perceived attractiveness and health of more than 10 per cent in the eyes of women.
3. The less you know, the more knowledgeable you appear to yourself
One of the most ironic of scientific phenomena, which in fact has been proved, is the Dunning-Kruger effect. In essence, it is that the more incompetent you are, the more you have confidence in your own jurisdiction. The effect has been proven in a number of experiments at Cornell University in 1999.
And the more you delve into his study, the more violent it seems. People who suffer from this effect, have the unit's inability to evaluate and recognize the failure - in particular, his own inadequacy. As a result, they develop a "sense of illusory superiority", which, according to them, their abilities are much higher than they actually are. If you are reading this and feel that this is 100 percent not apply to you, you probably actually are referring to you.
2. Lists scheduled cases make you more productive
We can assume that the writing just what you need to do before you actually do it, is a kind of procrastination work. But in fact, it has been scientifically proven that active writing goals before we try to achieve them, increases the chance that we have them actually will achieve. Why? According to scientific research, physical writing things that have to do requires active participation, which increases our motivation to actually get the job until the end.
Furthermore, writing cases helps us to visualize priorities and manage our time better within a specified time intervals. Researchers believe that one week is an ideal time to focus on achieving goals without undue fatigue, or vice versa, unwillingness to comply with them. So, without delay record everything that you need to do this week - as soon as you compile this list, you will be one step closer to that to really implement his plan.
1. Women want that is not available
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology recently conducted a study as to which of the two sexes are more likely to engage in what is called "poaching partner." In the past, men were more likely associated with courting alien partner. However, some scientists have suggested that the evidence in support of this theory has been distorted by the fact that men are, in fact, were willing to admit to their behavior. As it turns out, this conjecture was true: recent experiments show that single women are more likely to attract a man, if she knows that he is already in use.
But as they tested: the researchers asked the men and women involved in the study of questions about themselves, similar to the ones that can be found in the questionnaire online dating. Further, they showed "the perfect pair" on the grounds that they would like to see in an ideal partner. While all the participants of the same sex showed the same picture, half the participants were told that the man was already in a relationship, while the other half reported that their "pair" is free.
Results? For men, it did not matter whether their was a couple in a relationship, the results were evenly distributed. Women who are in a relationship, showed similar results. However, for single women the results were a bit alarming when they were told that their couple was free, at least 60 percent of the participants were interested in getting acquainted. When they were told that they were a couple already was in a serious relationship, 90 percent were still interested in getting acquainted with this man.