How to Make a Handshake that People Like You

The handshake has become a tradition or habit, so you are not thinking anymore when shaking hands with someone you just met, or even an old friend who just found again. But the development of various diseases that arise due to the spread of germs in the air, make people paranoid. They are reluctant to shake hands. Many now keep hand sanitizer in your bag, so he could wash his hands with antiseptic gel immediately after shaking hands with others. In the U.S., nearly 50 percent of people are reluctant to shake hands for fear of exposure to germs, according PharmPro newsletter. Before the London Olympics take place, chief medical officer for the British Olympic Association even advises athletes not to do the habit. 

 However, experts are now trying to encourage people to continue this tradition. The new study of the science of the handshake to be loaded in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience December issue stated, shaking hands is still important even though there is the potential exchange of germs. After evaluating the MRI and brain mapping through skin conductance tests, the researchers found that the strangers turned out to form a better impression of each other after shaking hands. Although the interaction is less well previously, but the handshake can show a more positive behaviors. Want to know how to keep people who you meet for the first time can simply likes you? It turned out the way it's easy. According to Sabine Koch of the University of Heidelberg, Germany, the way is to shake hands. How so? 

 Koch conducted a study of 50 people, who were divided into two groups and asked to shake hands in a different way. The first group of participants was asked to shake hands gently. While the other group was asked to give a little shake hands with the beat and movement up and down (shaken). After that, the participants were asked to describe their feelings upon receiving the handshake. Apparently, most people claim to prefer to shake hands with a flowing and soft. The participants thought that when shaking hands with flowing and gentle pressure, they feel happier. In addition, participants also feel psychologically closer to the people who shook his hand, because it was greeted with a friendly, open and warm, with a friendly handshake. Koch reveals a soft handshake and light associated with the happiness within. 

In the end, the spirit and excitement of self will flow through handshakes and make you both feel comfortable and happy, even if you just met the first time. To get a positive impression, try to shake hands with a new acquaintance you move your hand up and down in slow motion and soft flowing. It's better if you do it with a warm smile. Avoid movement of the hands of others stomped hard and strong, or the other person's hand too tightly.