What love at first sight really is

• Autores: Jessica Hamzelou
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3159, 2018, pág. 8
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • You may remember your eyes meeting across a crowded room and your life changing forever. But was it really love at first sight? One in three people say they have fallen in love as soon as they laid eyes on someone. However, a study suggests the phenomenon probably doesn't exist. People think of love at first sight as a lightning strike as soon as they see a person, says Florian Zsok at the University of Zurich Switzerland. Each person filled in a survey and was asked how they felt about the people they saw or met. In reality, it is unlikely that people ever form this kind of connection upon meeting one another, says Zsok. "People like this romantic idea, but you have to read between the lines.