6 Signs Someone Likes You, Backed By Research Studies

Channel: Psych2Go
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n0GiBjt3wM

Six psychological cues the channel claims signal that someone is attracted to you, citing several named studies and experts.

Key points

• Nervous awkwardness. A 2020 study in Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology (280 participants, retrospective self-reports) found people meeting someone attractive reported blushing, giggling, raised heart rate, faster and less clear speech; women reported higher pitch and unsteady voice. Participants also read similar nervousness in others as a sign of attraction.
• Genuine vs forced smile. A real (Duchenne) smile engages the zygomaticus major (lifting mouth corners) and orbicularis oculi (lifting cheeks, crinkling eyes / crow's feet), per Healthline. A giddy, eye-reaching smile when you approach may signal liking.
• What they say when busy. If they decline but offer another time or a reschedule date, that is a positive sign; a vague "I'm busy" with no follow-up suggests no romantic interest.
• Voice changes around you. Language researcher Dr Marina Kalashnikova (University of Western Sydney) told ABC Radio Melbourne that mutually attracted people's voices become more similar, mimicking and shifting pitch or speech rate involuntarily based on feelings about the conversation.
• Pupil dilation. A 2016 study in Evolution and Human Behavior found pupil size can indicate sexual interest, with sexually interested faces showing larger, darker pupils. Body language expert Patty Wood (author of Success Signals) says dilation is a brain response to attraction.
• Changed behavior and touch. Per Dr Jeremy Nicholson (Psychology Today), attracted people find excuses to touch more and escalate over time from handshakes to embraces; they also mimic gestures and alter vocabulary or manner only around the person they like.

Note: claims are the channel's; cited studies and experts are named as above.