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Texas study says similar language use predicts compatibility in relationships

Similar word usage and speaking patterns between two people is a powerful predictor of how compatible they are, a recent UT study shows.

Psychology Department Chair James Pennebaker and his researchers looked at transcripts of a speed dating study at Northwestern University. The researchers used a computer analysis program to examine the language of the two people as they conversed.

“If people are matching at this low-level language use, we can actually predict if they’re going to go on a second date faster and more accurately than the people themselves do,” Pennebaker said.

Pennebaker said people are often attracted to people who talk like them, and when a person is attracted to someone they begin to talk like them.

“Once you sit down and start talking to somebody that you find interesting or attractive, you start paying closer attention to them,” Pennebaker said.

Read the full story at the Daily Texan.

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