The Experiments – Science of Attraction
The Experiments – Science of Attraction
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The Experiments – Science of Attraction
It takes a moment to get the spoon into his mouth. I am surprised by how comfortable I am.
The sound of someone’s voice is important to Ann, a woman in her 20s who is sitting across from me. She tells me that her voice has a lot to do with her personality. If his voice is too high-pitched or out of sync with what I’m looking for, I become less attracted to him. Her voice is a tad boring, with a hint of uptalk at the end.
In the next round, small plates are put in front of us, with broken pieces of dark chocolate and a mini plastic spoon. While blindfolded, we are told to switch partners and feed them. blindfolds carry a lot of baggage, and in a room full of strangers, the gift of sight is one of the few positives I have right now.
David is my partner this time. I want to touch him in order to follow the directions. I moved my hand to his shoulder to find his jaw. It takes a moment to get the spoon into his mouth. I am surprised by how comfortable I am. There is an innate physical intimacy to this task. David, who is in his early 30s, has soft skin and is well-toned, and I enjoy the human contact.
Dark chocolate contains two chemicals found in amphetamines. Chemicals are associated with feelings of falling in love. We were surprised to learn that the spoon held freeze-dried tomato and carrot pieces, which can be eaten by astronauts.
People are attracted to people who have a tan or have more color. It’s possible to eat vegetables like carrots, broccoli, and tomatoes.
The act of feeding someone has a biological effect, that touch releases dopamine, three euphoria-inducing hormones.
It’s complicated. David told me that he stumbled upon the event while surfing the web. I go back to similar women in a self-reinforcing way because of the imprints on my brain from early romantic relationships. Even though David is a nice guy, and I just fed him blindfolded, I am not feeling it.
Two new participants, Allison and Oren, appear at our table after a gong sounds. We are blindfolded and asked to do 20 jumping jacks to smell a new person.
Allison smells of peanuts rather than sweat. She came at her friend’s suggestion. When I asked what she thought attraction was made of, she said, If I knew the answer to why we fall in love and what we’re attracted to, I probably wouldn’t be sitting at the singles table.
What have we experienced? The single people admit to finding the exercise uncomfortable, while the couples say they enjoyed it. Yes, they did! They are smelling the person they are with. People tend to be attracted to people with biologically different odors, which may help strengthen the immune systems of their offspring.
The expression love at first sight refers to the fact that it only takes 0.2 seconds of visual contact to fall in love. We are told that staring for more than 3.3 seconds from a stranger can make people uncomfortable and make that stranger seem like a stalker. A mutual share-stare can make you feel connected to that person. The Modern Love column that went viral a few years back advocated staring into a would-be partner’s eyes for four minutes.
The Overview Effect, which happens to astronauts when they look down on the Earth, is part of the evening’s theme. A profound shift in consciousness and a deep emotional sense of connection with the planet and one another are what most people experience.
We are dancing with a stranger. I clasp my hands with the newest member of the group. I am unperturbed; love is love. I lift up my mask to see how everyone else is reacting, and I am happy to see that gender doesn’t seem to be a factor for anyone. We rock back and forth to disco. I am not a fan of this, but without words or sight, I can see that our movements are perfect. I know when she is going to go left and right at the same time. The couples are dancing close to one another, some are kissing, and one man cups his partner’s behind. The singles are more reserved.
Everyone is invited to an after-party a few blocks away after a brief Q&A session where a few people ask questions. As I look around the room, I realize that attraction is more than looks and smells. It has a cerebral component and a complicated reason for connection that probably stems from things from childhood or genetics. I will not attend the party.
I would like to thank everyone for allowing me into their evening. I asked Koski what the goal was as I said goodbye. She says that science provides methods to understand the world better. It was about asking questions and learning new methods. Some people come here looking for love, and they might not have found it, but they had an interesting evening and can tell an interesting story to others.
It was fair enough. The evening was interesting but I am ready to go home. I have an interesting story to tell my driver.
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On a Tuesday night in Manhattan I find myself among 100 strangers, sitting underneath a life-size space shuttle replica, wondering about love. We’ve gathered at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum for a two-hour, speed-dating-style event called The Science of Attraction. Organized by a group called Guerrilla Science, the $20 class promises an evening of interactive sensory experiments based on neuroscience and psychology to help us understand how sight, touch, taste, smell, and movement influence Cupid’s arrow.
The group is an eclectic mix of people, mid-20s through late 30s, some with a bent towards science, some just looking for an outside-the-box activity. Four people are seated at each of the 20 or so tables, half which house single folks like myself; the other half are couples.
I’m skeptical — I’m from New York, after all — but I’m truly interested in learning about this thing called love. And if I find romance, or at least a date, that’s fine too.
Olivia Koski, head of U.S. Operations for Guerrilla Science, tells us the goal is to “help people think about how all of their senses are involved in human attraction and behavior, and how much they rely on their sight when choosing a partner rather than using their other senses.”
The evening is emceed by comedian Chris Duffy, host of “You’re the Expert,” a podcast where comedians interview scientists, and by astronomer Jana Grcevich, who is here — due to the location — to tie together attraction and outer space.
“I’ve hosted this event a few times before, and at one of the after-parties there were people hardcore making out on the dance floor in a way I couldn’t believe,” Duffy tells the crowd. “Your brain is doing something new which can stimulate a connection.”
I’m seated at table No. 3 with two other women and one man, David, an anesthesiologist who coincidentally, I learn, lives three blocks away from me. If this were to work, at least we’d have proximity, and I find that attractive.
On our round cocktail table, covered by a purple tablecloth, we find fortune cookie-like notes, a battery-operated candle, a travel-size bottle of Purell, and blindfolds.
After introductions and an overview of the evening, our first assignment is to tell the person seated next to us something embarrassing. I choose a time, two decades ago, when I introduced myself to a new group of people, not realizing that my zipper was down, with the end of my shirt sticking out through the gap. Classy. Kristen, the woman on my left, tells me her boss recently scolded her during her presentation by saying a high school student could have done a better job.
This exercise is meant to create closeness and familiarity by revealing something personal, and to see if we are attracted to another person’s voice. Duffy tells us that when women are interested in someone, they tend to raise their pitch; in the same situation, men’s voices go lower. Both genders slow their speech down.
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