WHAT do you look for in a partner? Attractive, shared life goals and a GSOH . . .
Well it turns out you can forget a love of the same music, compatible star signs and all of the above. Scientists have found there is far more to sexual chemistry than meets the eye. From matching blood types to sweat patterns and even gossiping about the same people, Tanith Carey reveals some of the amazing, invisible forces behind that magnetic sexual attraction.
WHEN picking a partner, you are more of a vampire than you realise. Humans have eight main blood types. A Chinese study of nearly one million people found that you are more likely to get into a relationship and start a family if you share the same type.
People with O Negative were 18 per cent more likely than would be statistically expected, while people who are AB were 15 per cent more likely, according to researchers at the Tsinghua Institute of Economics. Scientists leading the study say they are not yet sure why this is. But they point out that people with the same blood groups have a higher chance of possessing similar personality traits, such as anxiety and drive, as well as conditions including attention deficit disorder and this may help bring couples together.
DO you know someone who dislikes the same person as much as you do? Gossiping about them helps you find each other attractive. Researchers found that sharing negative opinions about people behind their backs is even more alluring than liking the same people, according t.
