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The article says >However, if two people were of nearly the same height, the “neck-waist approach” was found to be slightly more common than when their heights
by Thorrez 5y ago
The article says
>However, if two people were of nearly the same height, the “neck-waist approach” was found to be slightly more common than when their heights differed drastically.
and it links to a different article[1] that says
>they guess that neck-waist might be more common when heights differ more drastically.
One article says neck-waist is most common when heights are the same, the other says neck-waist is most common when heights are different. So the articles contradict each other.
Intuitively I would think neck-waist would be most common when heights are different because the tall person would hug around the neck and the short person would hug around the waist.
[1] https://www.science.org/content/article/how-hug-according-science https://www.science.org/content/article/how-hug-according-sc...
- kevinmchugh 5y agoAdding to the confusion here, from the original paper: > Height difference did not influence hugging style significantly in study 2. This is surprising in that a criss-cross hug between two people with height differences is rather cumbersome. However, only six dyads had a height difference larger than 20 cm in the current study sample. Thus, the study might not have had sufficient variability to detect the effect of height on hugging style. I'm taller than most and yeah, neck-waist is more common for me. For the right relationships I make an effort to get the waist side. But that has a closeness to it that means I can't use it for everyone