Researchers Discover Irresistible Dance Moves 215
sciencehabit writes "To find out if certain dance moves are more attractive to women than others, researchers recruited a bunch of college guys and used motion-capture to create avatars of them dancing. When women watched the avatars (2 videos included in story), the men they found most attractive were those who kept their heads and torsos moving without flailing their arms and legs. The researchers say dancing is thus an honest signal to women of the man's strength and health, just as it is in crabs and hummingbirds, who also move in special ways to attract mates."
That pic (Score:2, Informative)
Re:that picture! (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Science! (Score:3, Informative)
Huh? Common sense isn't supposed to be illogical.
It depends on whether your commoner uses Newtonian or quantum physics [iop.org].
Re:Our generation and dance (Score:4, Informative)
Real dance isn't choreographed. A good swing dancer is making up the dance to fit the mood and the music as they go along.
The female is constantly being surprised, touched, brushed and it's all part of the dance.
I am not a good swing dancer- at best I got to be average but women like good dancers so I took lessons.
Fortunately, I'm tall, make good money, have muscles, and good dental hygiene.
The last is a lot more important that most guys realize to keeping her once you catch her.
I suspect regular dancers are in better physical condition for sex once they get it.
Re:An another assumption of universality... (Score:4, Informative)
Claiming that research done with realistic budget limitations shames us all is asinine bullshit. You have this result, or you have nothing. This is intriguing, perhaps it merits further study, perhaps behavioural psychologists in other nations will study the locals there. Perhaps not. The only overarching conclusions were written by the five word headline, or by your own built-in summariser.
Re:that picture! (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Science! (Score:3, Informative)
What happens as you increase the mass of the feather until it weighs more than the moon? Does G magically change to be the gravitational pull of the feather once its mass becomes larger, or is it possible that the equations you learned in high school are only useful approximations of what is going on?
I have no doubt that slashdotters can be stupid, so I'll not hold it against you that you don't think beyond what your high school teachers tell you..
Re:Science! (Score:3, Informative)
A=F/M2
And what happened to
A=F/M1
?
Re:Science! (Score:1, Informative)
Correct. The moon and elephant fall toward the earth at precisely the same rate.
The earth falls toward the moon faster than it does toward the elephant, however.
We normally assume the earth to be our "stationary" reference point.
Things might get even more entertaining when you take into account that, from the perspective of the earth, you're in an accelerating reference frame, and you take relativity into account, but I don't recall what happens (whether terms cancel or not). You have to get pretty close to c before anything would be noticeable anyway, though.
Re:Our generation and dance (Score:3, Informative)
Actually, swing dancing is somewhat unique in that it's typically not choreographed (at least the social aspect of swing dancing). However, I have seen Lindy Hoppers who had choreographed dances that were absolutely amazing. And, much of other types of dancing (ballet, ballroom, modern, jazz) is choreographed.
Swing is not unique at being not choreographed. Competitive ballroom is usually choreographed, but social ballroom is improvisational.
Pretty much any couples dancing in a non-competitive, social setting (e.g. club, milonga, wedding, etc.) is of necessity not choreographed because choreography requires prior planning between the couple. Exceptions would be the bride and groom at a wedding, dances with a caller (e.g. square dance) or certain dances/songs with a well-known, set choreography (e.g. minuets?).