Men often overestimate women's desire for them and those looking for a quick hook-up are more likely to get it wrong, a new study has suggested.

"There are tons of studies showing that men think women are interested when they're not. Ours is the first to systematically examine individual differences," said Williams College psychologist Carin Perilloux, who conducted the research with Judith A. Easton and David M. Buss of University of Texas at Austin.u00a0

The research involved 96 male and 103 female undergraduates, who were put through a "speed-meeting" exercise--talking for three minutes to each of five potential opposite-sex mates.u00a0