According to Raj Persaud, there is one psychological trick that is guaranteed to make almost anyone fall in love with you: “Identify your target’s favourite emotion, then simply go out of your way to supply that emotion in quantities that person has never experienced before,” he says.

For example: how would you seduce a psychiatrist? Well, psychiatrists like to feel insightful, so if you met a psychiatrist and kept subtly responding to them in a way that led them to believe they were incredibly insightful, it’s highly likely they would develop a deep bond with you.

“Particularly if you make sure they always feel much more insightful in your company than in anyone else’s,” he adds.

Why being shy can help you get a date – When it comes to the dating game, being shy is not the dating handicap you might have thought it was – in fact, it can be a real bonus. “In numerous research groups, shyness in a person is usually rated as an extremely attractive personality trait,” says Persaud.

For a date with brains choose a hairy man – If you want an intelligent partner – seek out a man with body hair. A recent study conducted by psychiatrist Dr Aikarakudy Alias, who has been working on the relationship between body hair and intelligence for 22 years, showed that hairy chests are more likely to be found among the most intelligent and highly educated than in the general population. Excessive body hair could also mean higher intelligence.