Science Can Tell if People Think You Are Hot

We all wonder what others think about us. A lot of energy and time is spent on wondering if that special someone thinks we are attractive. Scientists may have the answer you are looking for.

If want to know how others perceive you, this recent research may be able to help you with some vital clues. In the study that was first published in 2010 and then reviewed in a book, Nicholas Epley, behavioral scientist at University of Chicago and Tal Eyal, Ben-Gurion University psychologist in Israel, revealed a technique that will help you read people's minds.

According to this technique, we think about ourselves differently than we think about others. People often end up scrutinizing themselves down to the smallest detail, in terms of behavior and action, while the do not do the same while examining others.

This is because you know more about yourself that you know about others. You know whether you have put on weight or if you look more tired today. Now compare how you assess yourself and how you evaluate others. All you will notice is perhaps their outfit, behavior, attractiveness and that's it.

"We're experts about ourselves, and others aren't. That makes it hard for us to understand what we look like in the eyes of others," Epley says.

Epley and Eyal explain that our mistake in judging what people think of us stems from this gap, the fine level assessment of ourselves and an abstract perception of others. They say, you need to distance yourself from excess information about yourself and perceive things from a stranger's eyes, this is the key to figuring out what others think of you. While this is not possible to do for people, Epley and Eyal use a mental technique in their study to accomplish this.