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"We all like to think we are deeper than we are. We like to think we&amp;#39;re engaged, politically and emotionally, that our love is pure and real things matter to us. We are so full of it. Especially when it comes to what we say we want in a partner. A new study by researcher Eli Finkel of Northwesten University shows that our stated preferences don&amp;#39;t predict to whom we&amp;#39;re attracted when we meet someone in the flesh.\nPinterestFacebook&amp;quot;If a person tells me, for example, that she doesn&amp;#39;t care about how attractive a guy is, our research suggests that her claim isn&amp;#39;t worth all that much,&amp;quot; study researcher Paul Eastwick, of Texas A&amp;amp;M University, said in a statement. &amp;quot;Instead, it would actually be more useful to measure her reaction times on this new task,&amp;quot; he said, referring to the word-association, reported Live Science.\nThe study used word-association computer software to measure the words students had most positive associations with against responses students gave to direct questions about what they were looking for in a partner. Their unconscious responses did not match up with the answers they provided to the questions, but they did match up with their preferences in a later round of speed-dating.\nSo in conclusion: we&amp;#39;re all a bunch of phonies.\nAnother real-world, or semi-real world consequence of the study applies to online dating. Are your matches leaving something to be desired? Maybe that&amp;#39;s because online dating sites rely on customers to fill out questionnaires, and as this study shows, we&amp;#39;re not always honest (even with ourselves) when we answer those questions.\nDo you think you&amp;#39;re honest about the qualities you look for in a guy? How honest?\nHave a question about Dating, Relationships, or Sex for Single John? Submit it here. Can be totally Anonymous!\nMore on dating at Glamour.com\nTrue Dating Confession: How I Almost Trashed My Relationship By Acting Like a Maniac\nIs Platonic the New Romantic?\nAre You the Girl His Friends Hate? (Take This Easy Quiz and Find Out)\nPhoto: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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