LET YOUR BODY DO THE TALKING

It is estimated that when you meet a stranger, their impression of you is based 55 per cent on your appearance and body language, 38 per cent on your style of speaking and a mere 7 per cent on what you actually say.

EXPERIENCE FEAR TOGETHER

It's all because of a strong connection between anxiety, arousal and attraction. In the "shaky bridge study" carried out by psychologists Arthur Aron and Don Dutton in the 1970s, men who met a woman on a high, rickety bridge found the encounter sexier and more romantic than those who met her on a low, stable one.

SHARE A JOKE

Sounds stupid, but love and laughter really did go together. You can read about it in "The effect of a shared humorous experience on closeness in initial encounters" in the journal Personal relationships (vol 11, p 61). We suggest that the blindfold/drinking straw approach is best confined to the laboratory.

GET THE SOUNDTRACK RIGHT

Psychologists at North Adams State college in Massachusetts have proved what Shakespeare suggested - that music is the food of love. Well, rock music, at least.

USE LOVE POTIONS?

Can you short-cut all the hard work of relationship-building by artificial means? People have been trying to crack this one for thousands of years.

GAZE INTO THEIR EYES

More surprising was that a couple in one such experiment ended up getting married. Neuroscientists have shed some light on what's going on: meeting another person's gaze lights up brain regions associated with rewards.

Allows women to enter/exit the elevator first

Overwhelmed with family, school, work and volunteer obligations, woman are turning to online dating or speed-dating services to do a little of their Homework for them. However, you do not have to anymore.

Treats the janitor, waiter and cashier with respect.

How a person treats those who may not directly affect their livelihood, can tell you how he will treat you when a possible argument occurs in the future.

Offers you the last piece of pie or final copy of a best-selling book.

He is considerate and thoughtful. If you both reach for the item at the same time and he takes the last dessert or book without so much as a pause, he may be selfish. Overwhelmed with family, school, work and volunteer obligations, woman are turning to online dating or speed-dating services to do a little of their Homework for them. However, you do not have to anymore.

Gives up his seat on the crowded commuter train to an elderly person

Besides good manners, this man is considerate, protective, attentive and concerned for the well-being of others.