Tag: Grooming

Grooming (also called preening) is the art of cleaning, and maintaining parts of the body.The things that you do to make your appearance clean and neat, for example brushing your hair, or the things that you do to keep an animal’s hair or fur clean and neat. It is a species-typical behavior.In humankind, This is defined as the process by which human beings fulfill one of their basic instincts, such as socializing, cooperating and learning from each other. Individuals who chose their romantic partner reported more mutual grooming than others who focused in other types of relationships.
It plays an important role in pair bonding. humans are mostly concentrated grooming predominantly during daily activities that are structured explicitly around hygiene goals (bath time). In the same investigation, researchers found that individuals with more promiscuous attitudes and those who scored high on the anxiety sub-scale on an adult attachment style measure tend to groom their partners more frequently. These findings were also consistent with some of the functions : potential parental indicator, developing trust and courtship or flirtation.