It's easier to read mens' faces — here's how you can determine if he's cheated
1,500 study participants play Spot the Cheater
- Male philanderers faces give them away slightly more often than female faces do.
- Study tests idea of being able to spot competition as an evolutionary aid to protecting our relationships.
- The most reliable — though not very reliable — cue is sexual dimorphism.
Believe in soulmates? You're more likely to 'ghost' romantic partners.
Does believing in true love make people act like jerks?
- Ghosting, or cutting off all contact suddenly with a romantic partner, is not nice.
- Growth-oriented people (who think relationships are made, not born) do not appreciate it.
- Destiny-oriented people (who believe in soulmates) are more likely to be okay with ghosting.
Your romantic partner is probably less intelligent than you think, suggests new study
Our egotism and self-confidence can sometimes spill-over to our loved ones.
It's now well known that many of us over-estimate our own brainpower. In one study, more than 90 per cent of US college professors famously claimed to be better than average at teaching, for instance – which would be highly unlikely. Our egos blind us to our own flaws.
6 signs you’re in an emotionally strong relationship
These powerful habits from six powerful people are worth taking to heart.
One of the most important yet underappreciated parts of a happy, fulfilling relationship is emotional strength — but what does that really mean? Research shows that emotional strength primarily comes down to maintaining a healthy perspective, a trait that's ever more important within the context of romantic relationships, where opportunities for miscommunication and unhealthy habits can be plentiful.
Why doesn't the heart shape look like an actual heart?
The answer can be found several thousand years ago, in the Roman city of Cyrene.
- If our real hearts looked anything like the symbol that represents them, we'd all probably have a much harder time pumping blood through our bodies.
- The reason why the heart symbol looks nothing like the anatomical heart has its roots, oddly enough, in the economy of a Roman city called Cyrene.
- Cyrene's heart symbol became associated with love through a strange confluence of botany, philosophy, and sex.
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