6 signs of a successful first date

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Eye contact, dilated pupils, and talking about different topics all indicate sympathy during the first meeting.

The science and technology video channel Function ran an experiment and revealed signals of interest between people on a first date. For this, the researchers observed the acquaintance of several couples (it did not last long - 7–12 minutes). The findings were based not only on observation, but also on information from the special eye-tracking glasses worn by the dating participants.

1. Attention - on the face

On average, people looked at the other person's face 33% of the time. If they were not averse to continuing their acquaintance, then they watched more - 36% of the time. If not, then less - 30%.

2. Enlarged pupils

In people interested in a second date, the pupils during a conversation, on average, increased to 5.53 mm. The pupils of the rest were smaller - 5.27 mm.

3. Eye contact

It's no secret that talking face to face is a sign of sympathy. The experiment confirmed this: for the participant who did not feel the spark, eye contact with the interlocutor lasted 7% of the time, and for the rest - 11%.

4. Many topics for conversation

Couples, whose date was successful, managed to talk about nine different topics. The others discussed about five.

The most popular topics were career, past experience, personality and travel.

5. Approach

Participants who were interested in the conversation were more likely to lean towards the interlocutor. The rest tried to increase the distance.

6. Lots of laughter

People who wanted to continue their acquaintance laughed twice as much as those whose meeting did not work out. This makes sense: a good first date should be fun and easy.

And here is a video of the experiment.