Our feet can talk, says study
source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6707704/Our-feet-can-talk-says-study.html
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While men have long assumed that a woman’s blushes or a bat of the eyelids were the telltale signs of attraction, experts now believe that foot movements reveal most about an admirer’s true feelings.
It is claimed that gestures with our feet are the most powerful form of body language because we are less conscious of what we are doing with them.
The findings were made by Professor Geoff Beattie, one of Britain’s leading psychologists, who examined how people move their feet in response to different situations.
According the research compiled on behalf of shoemakers Jeffery West, if a woman fancies someone and is laughing, her foot will move away from her body and she will have an open leg posture.
If her feet are crossed, or tucked away under her body then she isn't attracted to you. Men on the other hand don't signal sexual attraction with their feet.
Liars keep their feet unnaturally still, to try and distract people away from their fibbing. Women do judge men on their shoes - how stylish, clean and expensive they look and whether they match an outfit.
"If a woman's feet move when she laughs, it is one of the most powerful signals that she likes you. With men, feet aren't so important. With men it's more head tilting."
If a man is nervous, he will show his feelings by increasing his foot movement. Women however, do the opposite, and keep their feet still if they are nervous.
Alpha males and females have a low level of leg and foot movement because they like to dominate and control the conversation and the same goes for their body.
Extroverts do likewise but for different reasons, while shy people have frequent movements.
Arrogant people also keep their bodies more in check and use less foot movement.
"I think this study will make people more consciously aware of what they are doing with their feet now. It's really interesting and studying people's feet movement is actually very accurate."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6707704/Our-feet-can-talk-says-s...
It is claimed that gestures with our feet are the most powerful form of body language because we are less conscious of what we are doing with them.
The findings were made by Professor Geoff Beattie, one of Britain’s leading psychologists, who examined how people move their feet in response to different situations.
According the research compiled on behalf of shoemakers Jeffery West, if a woman fancies someone and is laughing, her foot will move away from her body and she will have an open leg posture.
If her feet are crossed, or tucked away under her body then she isn't attracted to you. Men on the other hand don't signal sexual attraction with their feet.
Liars keep their feet unnaturally still, to try and distract people away from their fibbing. Women do judge men on their shoes - how stylish, clean and expensive they look and whether they match an outfit.
"If a woman's feet move when she laughs, it is one of the most powerful signals that she likes you. With men, feet aren't so important. With men it's more head tilting."
If a man is nervous, he will show his feelings by increasing his foot movement. Women however, do the opposite, and keep their feet still if they are nervous.
Alpha males and females have a low level of leg and foot movement because they like to dominate and control the conversation and the same goes for their body.
Extroverts do likewise but for different reasons, while shy people have frequent movements.
Arrogant people also keep their bodies more in check and use less foot movement.
"I think this study will make people more consciously aware of what they are doing with their feet now. It's really interesting and studying people's feet movement is actually very accurate."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6707704/Our-feet-can-talk-says-s...
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