Stress and excitement activate physiological systems that can temporarily affect digestion and hunger.
For some people, acute stress suppresses appetite even when they haven't eaten.
Others respond to stress differently and may eat more.
This...
Physical attraction isn't entirely visual.
Voice pitch, rhythm, speech patterns, and other vocal characteristics can influence how people perceive attractiveness, personality, age, and emotion.
Voices also contain information that photographs...
Adding more details can help potential matches understand who you are.
But research on online dating has found that having additional information can also give people more opportunities to discover differences and become less interested.
This...
Partners regularly make tiny attempts to connect—showing something funny, mentioning what happened at work, pointing something out, or asking a small question.
Relationship researchers sometimes describe these as bids for connection...
Attachment doesn't disappear instantly when a relationship ends.
Places, songs, routines, photographs, and ordinary activities can continue triggering memories and emotional responses.
The brain can miss familiarity and attachment even when...
Dating typically occurs during selected periods when both people have chosen to spend time together.
Living together introduces ordinary routines: cleaning, sleeping schedules, finances, privacy, chores, visitors, noise, food, and personal...
Appearing selective can sometimes increase perceived desirability under particular circumstances.
But appearing completely uninterested creates a different problem: the other person may simply believe you aren't interested.
Research suggests...
Early romantic attraction can influence how people evaluate the person they like.
Research on positive illusions in relationships shows that romantic partners can sometimes view each other more favorably than completely objective observers...
Popular culture often treats immediate chemistry as evidence that two people are especially compatible.
Relationship research doesn't support the idea that every successful romance must begin with powerful attraction.
For some people, romantic...