Misunderstandings about flirting can potentially result in awkwardness or even accusations of sexual harassment. How can we figure out what other people mean when they smile at us? Is there a unique, ...

Back in the day when we actually used to interact with other people in real life, it wasn’t always clear whether someone was being friendly, wanted something from you, or was actually flirting. After ...

Flirting is often seen as a game of chance, a mix of clever lines and hopeful smiles. But beneath the surface, it's a deeply psychological dance with a set of rules we often don't even know we're ...

Liking an Instagram Story or sliding into someone’s DMs are ways to express romantic interest in the digital age, but technology may actually have made it harder for singles trying to score a date.

Flirting can be fun, but it can also be scary. What if you get rejected? "Nobody wants to be rejected, and people will do anything they think will stop them from being rejected," says Jean Smith, ...

So the paper is still fair game and, IMHO, worth revisiting. To give you a sense of the study, I’ll quote directly from the Berkeley press release: “‘Women are uniquely confronted with a tradeoff in ...