The Psychology of Falling in Love

* Find a complete stranger.
* Reveal to each other intimate details about your lives for half an hour.
* Then, stare deeply into each other??s eyes without talking for four minutes.


York psychologist, Professor Arthur Arun, has been studying why people fall in love.

He asked his subjects to carry out the above 3 steps and found that many of his couples felt deeply attracted after the 34 minute experiment. Two of his subjects later got married.

Thoughts?

How many subjects were there altogether? By "two of the subjects" does he mean a single pair?

Reminds me of the 1973 movie The Harrod Experiment. Had Don Johnson in it. The couples paired together could only have sex with each other and they found the couples ended up with feelings for each other.

Plot Summary for
The Harrad Experiment (1973) More at IMDbPro ??

At Harrad College, where controversial coed living situations are established, the students are forced to confront their sexuality in ways that society previously shunned. Part of the experiment is to pair incompatible members of the opposite sex as roommates in order to make them shun the traditional concept of monogamy. The film's primary two "couples" are the sex-crazed Stanley and ultra-timid Sheila, and insecure Harry and liberated Beth. In charge of the "experiment" are Prof. Philip Tenhausen and his wife, Margaret, who seem to enjoy the tension they instigate, as well as the graphic sexual episodes that unfold.

Would you say love starts with a physical attraction or a deeper connection?

MellyMel " I can find someone physically attractive without being physically attracted to them. "