Do we have what it takes to give the perfect hug? – Let’s talk about that. (upbeat music) Good mythical morning. – And please welcome from, “To All The Boys I Loved Before”, “Black Adam” and the star of the new Netflix series, “The Recruit”, premiering tomorrow. – Yes. – It is Noah Centineo. – What’s up? – Give us one of these right here. – Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop. – Yeah. – I thought you just wanted me to, like, do this. I was… – Yeah. I don’t even know. – It was a trust exercise. You passed. – Did I? Whatever you guys need me to do, I’m here. – Oh, hey, hey, we’re gonna hold you to that. – We’re gonna be doing a lot. – Okay, so, you know, we did a little digging on you. – Yeah. – We found multiple sources. – Okay. – That claim that you are just an exceptional hugger. – Wow. Well, that’s certainly… I’m honored that that’s the- – Oh, is it, are these sources true? – Well, you know, I guess we’re gonna have to find out. – You’re into hugging, that is what we want. – I love hugging. Hugging is great. Hugging is comfortable. It’s an expression of love. – See. – Safety, security. – See. – Oh, he’s got a hugging philosophy. I like this. – How can you not love hugging? – I don’t come from a hugging family. I mean, when I went off to college, I didn’t even hug my parents. – Whoa. – I mean, like- – Is becoming a therapy session? – I’m just saying- – I’m alright with it. – We just don’t, we weren’t huggers. So, I mean, I’ve got a lot to learn. – Rhett needs some hugs. – That’s what you said, you need a hug. – I need some articles written about me hugging. So today we want to subject ourselves to the science of hugging. – Mmm. To determine what is the best hug and can we be good at it. – I think that’s actually a very important thing, right? For anyone to know, is the science behind the hug, right. – We only do important things on this show. – We’re here for you. It’s time for, what’s the best way to spend a morning with Noah Centineo? A hug fest for the ages, who can say no. Welcome to the embracing station. (Noah laughs) – All right, we did a little bit of, bippity boop boop boop, research in order to really understand why people enjoy hugging. The psychology department at the University of London, – London. – Used test subjects to study every element of hugging, okay. And immediately after each hug aspect was tested, the participants evaluated their level of pleasure. Oh. – Wow. – As well as their mood. – That’s right. – Okay, so Stevie is gonna lead us through a few rounds dealing with each aspect of hugging according to the study. – Okay. – And in the end, we’re gonna be able to pull off the perfect hug. – Okay. – I think so. – Yes. – It’ll be good. – I know so. – [Stevie] Okay guys, we need to, like any good study, we need to establish just a baseline. – Hi Stevie. – Hey. (all laugh) – [Stevie] So please go ahead and stand. And this is pre any of my instruction. Just give each other some hugs. Just feel each other out. – You guys wanna go first? Like, what is your normal, just baseline? – How tall are you? – Okay, so this is the thing. I feel like the fact that I’m 6’6″ and 3/4, so people, sometimes they just, sometimes people come in for a hug and they just go right under my arm- – They go under- – They just keep going, – Right. – Yeah, and I’m like, whoa. There’s just so many, so many things that could happen. But I feel, you know, when I see a guy at your height. – Yeah. Yeah. – This is easy for me. I just kind of come in and just like… – Oh yeah. – Now I’m a- – Noah, Noah, Noah The face, it’s already so meaningful. – I was giving it, I was giving it. – We gotta work up to it. – It was so quick, why was it so quick? – I’m just doing what comes natural. – That’s his baseline. For me, Noah, what I typically do is, I’m like, “Hey”, and I’ll give one of these and then I’ll bring it in. – Oh, you keep it. – And then I’m gone. – That’s good. – I mean, I don’t know you. – Similar to like the…. (all laugh) similar to like the, this one? – Yeah. Yeah, that’s like, hey- – But then you hold it a little bit. – That kind of says- – Yeah, you hold it a little bit longer than normal. – You go… – But sometimes- – You gotta let ’em know, you’re important. – So that’s our baseline, Stevie. Pretty good, huh? – [Stevie] Well, I didn’t see Noah, Noah was reacting. – Oh yeah, what’s your baseline? – What’s my, like, baseline? – You were kind of responding to each of us. – If I’m just going in for a hug, I feel like- – I’m a windmill guy, I like to give you that, like… – That’s cool. – Boom. – We’re going this way. – Oh, and then. – [Stevie] Guys, this is a great start. I like the way you’re thinking about all this. I like- – Yeah, we don’t need science. We’re about to figure it out. – [Stevie] I like the timing, the pressure. We’re gonna get into all of that, starting with round one. (upbeat music) Okay guys, this first round is all about the correct arm position, according to science. So I’m gonna present you with a few different options for you to try amongst yourselves. Your first option is the criss-cross hug. And so during the criss-cross hug, the arms of the hugging partners are crossed over each other’s shoulder and waist, as you can see in this lovely reference photo. – [Rhett] The over under. – I’m curious at how this one tested. What are the, like, do we know the results of it and how- – [Stevie] I know the results of everything, but that’s for y’all to figure out. – Okay, so we’re gonna give our… – [Stevie] Yeah, exactly. – Opinion first. – [Stevie] You’re gonna do a little pleasure check. – So Link, if I were to go two on the top and two on the bottom. – Yeah, that’s the under reach. – See what ends up happening is just, it’s chin on face. – It’s chin on face. – Yeah, that’s not good. – But it’s really about… I think that the arm positioning comes from the heads wanting to be in the right position. So your head is basically kind of going to the side and then you’re sort of naturally do this. It feels, it feels very… it feels nice. – And you locked, you did… Well, you did something interesting that I’d never seen before. – Oh yeah? (all laugh) I’ve never seen… – Well, well, yeah. – I’ve never seen the back of a hug. – You’re all watching me. – Meet Link. – He hugs behind and then he locked the hands. – Oh he… hold on, you locked your hands. – I didn’t know I did that. (all laugh) – Well, he has abandonment issues. – He’s like- (Rhett shouts) – Don’t let go. (all laugh) – Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we went this way and then, yeah, I think I just did that. – You did a little, a little… – You naturally do that? You don’t pat? – I… – You patted me. – I did just… I don’t know. – He was like, I’m tapping out. – I was really concentrating on the… – But that… but I will say off the jump, this, the criss-cross. – Yeah. – Feels better than that. – What about left-handed people though? What do they do? – Do you think the left goes up? – I don’t know, I’m not lefthanded. See if we came in, then we’d be like, whoa. – So, it’s like… – Almost, you almost kissed. – Yeah, right. – Yeah, we did. We almost kissed then. – I think if a right hand person hugs a left hand person, it’s usually a kiss. – I am not exaggerating one bit. I had a dream last night that I went to Rick Rubin, the famous music producer’s home. – Yeah. – I’ve never met him in person. He came to his door and he, we… he kissed me on the cheek. Well, that’s why- – And then I was gonna go to the other cheek and we kissed on the lips. (crew laughs) And the moment we kissed on the lips, I pulled back and he was like, “Oh, it’s okay, it doesn’t matter”. – No. (crew laughs) – [Stevie] Yeah, what’s the pleasure check on this one? Like, it seems like y’all like it. You enjoyed it. – How are we rating or what’s the… – [Stevie] Yeah. – The pleasure scale? – [Stevie] You want like a number scale, one to 10. – One to 10? – Yeah. – I mean, I feel like in terms of arm position, I mean, this is at least a nine. I can imagine maybe there’s something a little bit better than I just don’t know about yet. – Yeah, there might be more pleasurable positions when it comes to hugging. – Yeah, right, right, but we’re gonna go- – For now, the criss-cross. – It seems best. I’m going for a nine in terms of arm positioning too. – It’s up, I’d say eight. Nine is pretty high. – You’re right. – Maybe, we can beat it? – It doesn’t leave a lot of room. – [Stevie] All right, so up next is the neck slash waist hug. – [Noah] Whoa. – [Rhett] Okay. – [Stevie] So during this hug- – [Noah] The two up top, one down below. – That’s kind of what we- – That was the before. – That was the kind of demonstrated that at the top. – [Stevie] Yeah, person A hugs the shoulders of person B who wraps their arms around the waist of person A. – This is good for taller people- – Right. – So that the shorter- – So you’re shorter here, go for that, and then, taller. – I think you go above. – Yes. – And I go below. – Yeah. – And then it’s like, “Hey, oh, good to see you”. – [Link] And see how the eyes close. – That was comfortable. – That seems like- – It was natural. – The pleasure center. – And I gotta be honest, like, this is one of those things with you, ’cause it’s- – I’m a little too up there. – My shoulders up there. – Yeah. – But with this, it’s much more just like- – Well, I mean, listen, my wife is 5’2″, so I mean, I don’t think she’s ever put her hand over my shoulder. – So, now be the taller guy. – Okay. – And then… – So I’ll go. – Yeah. And instead of me doing, this is what I was doing before, I was doing one of these, I was scooping. – You were scooping. I’m just gonna go here. – Just come in from… – Don’t forget to lock your hands, Link. – Oh, that’s good. That’s good. – [Rhett] Don’t forget to lock your hands, Link. – Oh, you’re… Well, you’re grabbing the back of the head. Well, I’m not ready for that. – I don’t know what happened. Did I get… was it… I should leave. – Don’t leave. – Yeah, that’s, that’s… – [Stevie] Okay guys. Okay. Calm down. – Then it’s just… – We got a long way to go. – [Stevie] Yeah, yeah, yeah. – We don’t wanna go all the way. – [Stevie] What’s the pleasure check on the neck, waist? – Well, you guys should try. – It’s not balanced for me. – Yeah. – You gotta try the above and below because… – I’m not as comfortable. I just, I just… Can you see my face? (crew laughs) – Just a little bit? – [Link] Can you see…what’s on your face? – This. – It’s not a happy face. – Yeah, yeah. – To me it’s- – A little uncomfortable. – The height thing is a factor. But the other thing is that it just seems a little unbalanced. Like, one person is like engulfing and the other person is just kind of like… So I don’t know, I think I prefer the criss-cross when heights are comparable. – Yeah. – So I’m gonna give this a seven on pleasure. – I’m moving down this scale, maybe even do a six. – The criss-cross for us was better, and then I think this one felt better. – Oh, for you? – Yeah. – It was good for you. – Yeah, it was more comfortable. – You think you like to go underneath. – Because the shoulder thing of me going up in any capacity. It’s just nice to be able to not have to do anything. You just show up like this. – Yeah. Right. – What’s up, bro? – Yeah. – [Stevie] Okay. Okay. So this is your last arm position option. It’s called the enveloper, and in this hug- – [Noah] Oh yeah, that’s it, that’s my hug. – [Stevie] Person A stands still with their arms at their side or tucked in at chest level while person B fully wraps themselves around person A. – So Chase’s arms are just like in his, like, just kind of like this. – It looks like he’s doing this is, is what it looks like. Yeah. Right. – He’s just inside his shirt completely. – So then I’m… – He’s like, “Have your way with me”. (Noah cries) (crew laughs) – You’re weeping. (Noah cries) – There’s like a context here that’s happening with the enveloper. – And now give it to me. – All right. All right. – I don’t know. – How does it, so we both, we’re like this. We’re like this. – Yeah. – Oh, come here. – Come here. – Come to papa. – That feels good. – And this is the thing is, I don’t think I’ve, like, I’ve never been the little spoon. You know what I’m saying? I’m always the big spoon, just because I’m- – You better assume the position, buddy. – How am I gonna be enveloped? It’s just like… – I’m coming in. Come here. – Oh, wow. But see you got, is that hand down? (crew laughs) – I’m gonna fall. – Do I need to take a knee? – Yep. Yep. There you go. – There we go. That’s good right here. That’s good, that’s good. – This is turning into the cuddling episode. – See, I mean, I just feel like I bring just a x factor to this. – [Stevie] Why don’t you try it out in, like, the beginning context. Like, “Hey man, it’s nice to meet you”. You know, let’s see how that feels. – Okay. You wanna envelop me? – Yeah. Yeah. Come on. – Yeah. All right, now I’ve never met you. – So they’re strangers? – What up, tall guy? – Oh, hey, I like your sweater. – Hey man. (crew laughs) I’m picking up what you’re laying down. – You guys just, that was so quick. – Wow. A dive bombing. Hey man, never met you before. – I just don’t know… I don’t know the context where this hug makes sense, especially strangers. – Oh, no. – Stranger situation. – So the stranger situation, I don’t think so. The enveloper, I mean, it’s consoling the unconsolable. – [Stevie] Okay well, reminder, we’re talking about the best platonic hug. – Oh yeah. – Oh oh, oh, oh. – [Stevie] So you’ve tried all three of these arm positions. So now I need you collectively together to decide what science says is the best of these three. – Oh, without a doubt, the criss-cross. – It’s gotta be the criss-cross. – I think it’s the criss-cross ’cause it’s an even playing field. Everybody’s contributing in the same way. – [Noah] Although I will say the photos may lead us astray because neck, waist hug, they look so happy. Look at ’em. – Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. – So we’re going with criss-cross. – We’re solidly criss-cross. – Criss-cross. – [Stevie] The most effective way to hug, according to science, is the criss-cross method. – Yes. Okay. Yes. – [Stevie] People preferred this method regardless of gender for 66 out of every 100 hugs because it conveyed the most closeness without adding romantic subtext. And- – Oh yeah. – [Stevie] Interestingly enough, 82% of platonic pairs of men hugging also preferred this method in comparison to the neck waist method. And then the enveloper hug we just kind of made up. But now we must decide what’s better, right or left. (upbeat music) Okay, guys, so science says that people are- – Mom. – definitively drawn to hugs that skew towards one particular side of the body. – Yep. – [Stevie] So, is the perfect hug right sided or left sided. Take a look at these two photos. One of them is the hugging style most humans enjoy more, but which one is it? – So. – All right. – So, left hugs first, and then, – This is my left. – Oh, okay. Oh, right, right, right, right, right. So, okay. So, it’s this. – I see now. – This right there, and then… That’s okay, so now you give him the left. – Right, come here. – We’re here. Yeah. – Gimme that left. – Yeah. – Oh, that’s good. – And then you give me the left. – I’m gonna lock my hands, don’t worry. – And then. – You’re not leaving. – Okay, all right, see… – Very normal. – Normal. – This reminds me of when I first started learning how to make out. – Okay. (crew laughs) – And I really got fixated, like I- – He’s getting vulnerable here. – I could only make out to the right. So if I was sitting on this side of the person and I went like that. – Your head goes- – I was like, “Oh no, I need to get over here”. – Oh, because then it’s- – And then I need to like that, right, that way. – [Stevie] This is the second round in which you’ve tried to kiss Noah. (all laugh) – Listen just, I mean, yeah. – So let’s all go right. – We could just do it. – Yeah. – Let’s go this way. – Now we’re on the right, so now we’re going, now we’re doing right. – Yeah. Now we’re doing right. – Yeah. I’m gonna say from the beginning. – Yeah, it’s not instinctive. – It wasn’t horrible. – Now are you right-handed? – Yes. – I’m right-handed. You’re right-handed. Give him the right. – So it’s coming in, it’s- – I don’t even know what to do. – So you gotta- – Feel like I’m about to trip. – And then give me the right. – I just feel like I’m about to like…oh, here I come. I gotta like do something to brace myself. – Here I come. – I got used to it by the third attempt, but it was not my instinct. – So it’s the face to the left and you’re hugging, that’s the way to go, right? – Yeah, oh, you got to. – Okay, so all of you think- – Left. – Left sided. – Left sided. – [Stevie] Okay, what if I told you- – You’d be lying. (Stevie chuckles) – [Stevie] One side is more friendly and one side is more romantic. – Oh. – Really? – Really? – Okay. Well, I have to believe that the left side is more friendly ’cause I haven’t felt any, I haven’t had that many feelings yet. – Right, right. – I’m gonna start on the left and I’m gonna move to the right and see if anything happens, okay. – Wait, wait, wait, wait. (all laugh) – So, so, so`… – You talking about feeling a little poke? – Yeah, yeah, no, I’m just saying… – Should we just come in? – All right. Alright, do this. – If we hug like that- – And then we just- – We swap out. All right, well… – Did you feel anything? – Both times, it was overwhelming. (all laugh) – I do think that I’m more likely to come in from this side for a kiss than to come in from this side for a kiss. – Oh. – Like if I’m moving in for a make out, I’m coming like this. – Me too. – But if I’m coming in for a hug, I’m… this is science. Left hug is platonic, right hug is romantic. – You’re totally right. – Doesn’t it feel that way? – I think you’re absolutely correct. – You turn your head to- – Well, that’s not for us to say. – [Stevie] Okay, okay, so you’re all on the same page. – Yes. – [Stevie] That you think platonic is left sided. – Yeah, yeah, yeah. – [Stevie] But science says it’s right sided. – What? – Oh. – [Stevie] So the two hemispheres of the brain each control- – So we’re all in love with each other. – Side of the body. – Yeah. – The right hemisphere generally controls emotion. So emotional or romantic hugs tend to drift to the left. But in more friendly style hugs, people tend to go to the same side as their dominant hand. And since the majority of people are right-handed, they go for a right-sided hug. – I don’t know about this. – I hug my friends all the time. I feel like it’s dominated by the left. – You said that right was weird. – Yeah, it feels weird. – I completely agree. – But like, I don’t know, I don’t know. – Well, this was done in London. – I’m lost. – Right? (all laugh) – It was done in London. – [Stevie] Hey, it’s a good- – And they drive on the other side of the road in London. – Oh, other side of the road. – Yeah, I think- – He’s right. – [Stevie] I think that’s fair. So if you all definitively feel like the left side is the best side for you, let’s bring the left side into the next round. – Yes. – Yeah. (upbeat music) – [Stevie] Okay, so we’re bringing the criss-cross arm position that both science and you agree is perfect, along with the left-sided hug that you’re bucking against science for, into this round. – We are rewriting science. – That’s right. – [Stevie] And it is the duration round. So how many seconds should the perfect hug last? And your options for this round are gonna be one, five or 10 seconds. – Whoa. – Okay, if I may as well. I’m not touching either one of you for 10 seconds. (all laugh) – That’s a long time. – I’ll just say going into this, I’ve always kind of thought that the patting was like the hug clock. – Yep. – It’s like tick, tick. – [Noah] That’s letting ’em know you’re hugging. – My wife hates it. She’s like, do not pat me in a hug. And see, the way I think about the time is I just come in and I’m like, one, two, I’m out. – Ah. (airhorn blows) – You know what I’m saying? – That wasn’t even a second, right? – That felt like a second. – So do a three, was it five? It’s all the way to five. – Yeah, you guys gotta hug for a second. – [Stevie] Yeah, one, five or 10. – Yeah, yeah, yeah, 5 second hug, 5 second hug. – I’ll be the ref. – Okay. – Okay. – Here we go. – Engage. – Action. – Hey man. – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21… (airhorn blows) That was 25 pats. (crew laugh) – So I do, which is way too many pats, I do five pats per second. – That felt like a long time. – Yeah, it’s like, I mean, what are you doing in that amount of hugging? I don’t understand. – If five seconds felt like a long time… (Rhett laughs) – Give him, I want you to feel five seconds. – Just wait till we double the clock. – I’m gonna turn the hand off. – Noah’s getting nervous. – We’re not gonna- – No patting. – No patting, just feel 5 seconds. – A little settling. Maybe there’s a little settling. – I’m gonna settle into it. – Okay. – I’m… – Okay. – All right, all right. Are we ready? – Yeah. – Just a little settling. – Oh. You know. – I want that. – I’m so happy that we got a chance to do this. (airhorn blows) – Okay, it’s over. – Oh, so good. – Yeah, what traps you have? (all laugh) – [Stevie] You couldn’t control, you couldn’t control the one pat. (all laugh) You patted him one time and was like, “Oh, one pat”. I’m like, oh, Rhett’s flipped out, oh, one pat. – Yeah. – It was early too. Did you feel it? – It just, it just- – Like, right when his hand hit your back, he was like, oh. – It felt very normal. – I’m so embarrassed. – It felt normal. – So get…all right, give me five. – All right. – And I wanna feel, I’m gonna feel what this like. – Bring it in. – Hey. – Hey. – Oh. – Yeah, a little XL. – I didn’t do it on purpose. (airhorn blows) – That’s good. That’s good. That’s good. – Four seconds might have been enough. – That’s a… I was ready to let go, 3 1/2 seconds. – Right, I mean. – The sweet spot would be like two. – Rhett, we’ll do 10. – Okay, just to demonstrate how bad of an idea this is. We’ve never hugged for 10 seconds in all these years. – I don’t think we have. – No. – Wow. – Here we go. – Hey. – Hey man. – I mean, what’s the scenario. – To hug? – You went on a long trip and you almost died. – I was missing for a couple of days. – Yeah, and I’ve gotten into art while you’ve been gone. – Oh. Okay. (all laugh) – Here we go. – So good to see you. I’m glad that you’re here. – Hey man, I heard you got into art. – I did, man, I didn’t know what to do without you so I got into art. – What is it? Is it paint? Is it finger paint? What is it? – It’s like visual poetry, man. – Visual poetry? (airhorn blows) – With the conversation. – Man, that could have gone longer for me. (all laugh) – That wasn’t, you know, it wasn’t bad. – [Stevie] All right, so what are we feeling? It seems like you thought five seconds might be a tad too long. – I think that we all think it’s probably like two seconds or whatever, but I mean, you wanna guess? You wanna go with what we prefer or what we think science prefers? – Well, we only have three options. I’m gonna go with five with a little bit of talk. – A little bit of talk. A little whisper. We’re picking between the three. Okay, yeah, five. There’s no- – Five. – [Stevie] So scientifically- – Right. Best hugs last between five and 10 seconds. And there’s no real difference between a five second hug- – Oh, yeah there is. – And a 10 second hug. – There’s no real difference? – We need to go to London right now. (all laugh) – [Stevie] I think what we’ve learned today is that science might be wrong sometimes. – Hold on, hold on. Was this study funded by the Hug lobby? – [Stevie] Yes. Yeah. But I will say that I feel as if you’ve all won today and because you- – We’ve won. – We’ve won – I feel like a winner. – And because you have won your special prize is a three way perfect hug. So please go ahead with all of your learnings. – We can do a group hug where everybody gets what they want. – Everybody go to the left. – [Rhett] Everybody goes to the left. All right, I’m going left. – We’re all going. Oh, alright. – Yup. – Oh, oh, yup. (all moan) – [Noah] Wow. – [Rhett] Maybe we can like slowly rotate. – [Noah] That’s good. Oh yeah. (airhorn blows) Don’t let go. – [Rhett] Oh, this is nice. – [Noah] This is lovely. – [Rhett] I can pat on both of you. – [Noah] I can’t, – [Link] You wanna grab… – Oh, this is nice. – Head and then I’m gonna… Maybe I’ll grab my own head. – This is quite a prize. (Noah shouts) – Okay. – Okay. (airhorn blows) – Wow. Two, we got two horns on that one. – But again, we were talking. – I gotta go. (all laugh) – Okay. Thank you Noah, so much for being here. That was a lot of fun. – Thanks for having me. I got my hugging in for the month. Check him out on “The Recruit” on Netflix, premiering tomorrow. – Come on. – Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. Now you say, you know what time it is. – You know what time it is. – Hey, Kenny and Joanne here. We stopped in Metropolis, Illinois. We think you guys are super, man. – [Both] Now it’s time to spin The Wheel Of Mythicality. (Rhett claps) – Ha, ha, I love it. – Very good. – What a cut. – Click the top link to watch us rank the corniest mugs in Good Mythical More. – And to find out where The Wheel Of Mythicality’s gonna land. To get the Rhett and Link Youtooz Collectible, join 3rd Degree quarterly or annual by December 31st. Visit mythicalsociety.com for details.