http://www.scribd.com/people/view/6658-ian This a feed for documents on Scribd written by IXM 30 Tue, 15 May 2007 01:58:54 GMT Tue, 15 May 2007 01:58:54 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/53522/Six-ways-to-woo-your-lover LET YOUR BODY DO THE TALKING We all hunt for the perfect chat-up line, but in reality, our body gives away a great deal before we open our mouth. It is estimated that when you meet a stranger, their impression of you is based 55 per cent on your appearance and body language, 38 per cent on your style of speaking and a mere 7 per cent on what you actually say. So what can we learn from the experts? There are a number of actions that signal "I like you" to another person. Adopting an open posture (no folded arms), and mirroring another's posture help create a feeling of affinity. Most people are Tue, 15 May 2007 01:58:54 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/53522/Six-ways-to-woo-your-lover http://www.scribd.com/doc/53520/First-flush-of-love-not-emotional When you first fall in love, you are not experiencing an emotion, but a motivation or drive, new brain scanning studies have shown. The early stages of a romantic relationship spark activity in dopamine-rich brain regions associated with motivation and reward. The more intense the relationship is, the greater the activity. The regions associated with emotion, such as the insular cortex and parts of the anterior cingulate cortex, are not activated until the more mature phases of a relationship, says Helen Fisher, an anthropologist from Rutgers University in New Jersey. Fisher and colleagues rec Tue, 15 May 2007 01:55:49 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/53520/First-flush-of-love-not-emotional http://www.scribd.com/doc/53516/Ecstasy-really-does-unleash-the-love-hormone CLUBBERS who take the "love drug" ecstasy really might be "loved up". Studies in rats suggest the drug causes a brain surge of oxytocin - the hormone that helps bond couples, as well as mothers to their babies. Earlier research found increased oxytocin in the blood of people who had taken ecstasy. However, many drugs increase blood oxytocin without raising it in the brain - something thought necessary for any "pro-social" effects. Iain McGregor at the University of Sydney, Australia, and his colleagues studied the effects of ecstasy in rats, which, like people, become more sociable on the drug Tue, 15 May 2007 01:51:55 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/53516/Ecstasy-really-does-unleash-the-love-hormone http://www.scribd.com/doc/53515/One-Careful-Owner One careful owner Anthropologists and psychologists have long been interested in superstitions. One of the key categories of superstitious thinking is the "law of contagion", which says that when an object has been in contact with someone, it somehow acquires their "essence". Psychologist Paul Rozin and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania have investigated how common such thinking is today. They asked people to rate how they would feel about wearing a nice, soft, blue jumper that had been freshly laundered - but previously worn by someone else. As they varied the fictitious previous w Tue, 15 May 2007 01:49:08 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/53515/One-Careful-Owner http://www.scribd.com/doc/17549/Bisexual-Pride-Poster * Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:11:11 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/17549/Bisexual-Pride-Poster