Keep it zipped and
she will come.
(Your mouth, that is)
 December
10, 2005
The best way for a man to woo a woman is to let her do the talking.
A new study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has revealed
that men can increase their chance of a second date by keeping their
mouths shut.
Team members analysed conversations during speed dating sessions.
The couples only had a few minutes to get to know each other before
deciding whether to meet again after the session. Of the 60 conversations
analysed, researchers found that by just making appreciative noises
while a woman was talking increased her interest.
One of the deciding factors was the number of times a man acknowledged
what the woman said by saying something like“Okay” or
“I see”. The short interjections were a key indicator
of the likelihood of the woman wanting to see the man again. The
researchers were able to make predictions based on this indicator
and correctly deduced the outcomes for 80 per cent of the speed
date meetings.
The test women were more likely to be attracted to a man who used
such phrases 30 times or more during the conversation, rather than
those who used them less frequently.
These findings are published in the magazine New Scientist.
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