How you tilt your head key to look attractive?

London: Want to look attractive? Then learn how to tilt your head while speaking to the opposite sex, scientists say.

Researchers at the University of Newcastle, Australia, have found that people can make themselves more appealing to the opposite sex by changing the way they angle their face.

Women are more alluring if they angle their head forwards and look slightly upwards, while men, in contrast, become more masculine if they tilt their head back a bit and look slightly down their nose, according to the scientists.

It is believed this difference is down to the usual height differences between men and women.

By tilting his head backwards, a man is mimicking the angle a shorter woman would view him from. And when a woman tilts her head forwards she is recreating the way a taller man would see her, said the researchers.

It seems the secret of attractiveness is all in a tilt of the head, said Dr Darren Burke, a senior psychology lecturer at the University of Newcastle who carried out the research along with his wife Dr Danielle Sulikowski.

"Human facial attractiveness from an evolutionary perspective has been extensively studied. But, although the influence of feminine and masculine features is relatively well known there is a gap in our knowledge as to what is

considered masculine and feminine about facial features," Dr Burke was quoted as saying by the Telegraph.

He said: "We investigated whether looking at a face from different perspectives as a result of the height differences between men and women influenced perceived masculinity or femininity."

The research found the way we angle our faces affects our attractiveness to the opposite sex. For the research, the scientists used computer-generated,

three-dimensional models of male and female faces.As they were tilted up and down in five different positions, participants rated each face for attractiveness and also masculinity and femininity.

Dr Sulikowski said the findings "offer some clues to help unravel the mysteries of mateship rituals".

Further research is now planned to see if people sub-consciously tilt their faces when flirting, she said. She added: "From a scientific perspective, the findings contribute enormously to our understanding of the role of

facial attractiveness in evolution.While the research provides important information about our evolution, the findings also offer some clues to help unravel the mysteries of mateship rituals in the 21st century.The next step is to determine if people use this effect in real-world mate-attraction scenarios."

The findings are published in the scientific journal Evolutionary Psychology.