Love and Other Foreign Words by Erin McCahan

Author:Erin McCahan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group, USA
Published: 2014-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Researchers have long studied the possibility of love at first sight. One engrossing article I find online describes how researchers observed the initial introduction of two study participants, Cedric and Adeline, and concluded, given the couple’s subsequent courtship, that they had fallen in love with each other in the first three minutes of meeting. Adeline before Cedric. It is only when I reach the end of the article that I discover Cedric and Adeline are orangutans, but the author of the study wrote at length about this phenomenon possibly applying to humans too. (Also to peacocks and beavers.)

Apparently, the potential for love at first sight is hardwired into brain circuitry and occurs when we first lay eyes on someone who corresponds with our idea of the Pperfect Person.

I read a few more articles before climbing into bed and falling asleep on the thought that, according to research, it is entirely likely that I fell in love today. I’m fairly certain I fall asleep smiling, since everything I read tonight makes Pperfect Sense.

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