But a new study out in the journal Psychological Science shows that there’s a way to communicate dominance that doesn’t involve moving the facial muscles at all: just tilt your head downward ...

The results showed that participants rated the avatars with downward head tilt as more dominant than those with neutral or upward-titled heads.

The results showed that participants rated the avatars with downward head tilt as more dominant than those with neutral or upward-titled heads.

The research found that female faces are judged to be more feminine and attractive when tilted forwards - slightly tipping their chins down - and less feminine when tilted backwards.

For the experiment nearly 700 people were asked to rate neutral faces of men, women and avatars who were either looking straight at the camera, or whose head had been tilted 10 degrees up or down.

We often look to people's faces for signs of how they're thinking or feeling, trying to gauge whether their eyes are narrowed or widened, whether the mouth is turned up or down. But findings ...