Attractive female names tended to be soft-sounding and end with the ee sound, whereas the sexiest male names are short and much harder sounding, Wiseman said.

• 那么怀斯曼自己的名字呢？他说他很高兴“理查德”排在前面，至于他的姓“怀斯曼”，他说“我想我这辈子注定了要搞学术研究。”