What Psychology Has To Say For Love At First SIght

Research has shown two bases for love at first sight.

The first is that the attractiveness of a person can be very quickly determined, with the average time in one study being 0.13 seconds.

The second is that the first few minutes of a relationship have shown to be predictive of the relationship's future success, more so than what two people have in common or whether they like each other.

Albert Einstein once said, "Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love." But what is it about then?

Researchers at Pennsylvania University have uncovered that love at first sight is primarily attributed to facial attractiveness. One of the experiments involved giving participants about one second to determine how attractive someone was to them. The study's outcome found that patterns in the brain point to a direct link between what we deem to be beautiful faces and positive traits. Another experiment, in which subjects were required to rate faces of males and females from three distinct high school yearbooks, was performed to validate whether or not people assess beauty quickly. The average time for rating beauty was 0.13 seconds.

Another study has proven that love at first sight may be less superficial than many have come to believe, according to an article, "Proof of Love at First Sight: Ten Minutes is All it Takes," from health.ninemsn.com. The Journal of Social and Personal Relationships displayed data, which shows that the first few minutes of a relationship determine its future. In this study, communication researchers Artemio Ramirez and Mike Sunnafrank paired 164 college students and had them converse for three, six, or 10 minute periods.

What is love ..??

"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident...!!

"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul."