The Facts of Love

Below is a list of ten fairly scientific “facts” about love.  Well, only three of them are anywhere near facts.  The facts are thanks to an article written by Judy Dutton based on an interview with Dr. Helen Fisher of Rutger’s University.  Dr. Fisher has spent an entire career attempting to scientifically understand love.  The seven bogus facts are of my own invention, though often researched extensively for inaccuracy. 

See if you can pick out the correct facts.  The three correct answers will be listed at the end of the blog:

1.      If given a chance to choose between two particular type fonts when writing business letters, Verdana or Elephant, studies have revealed that people in a relationship are five-times more likely to choose Elephant than those who have recently endured a breakup.       

2.      People who are in love are more likely to wear mismatched socks.

3.      Feelings of love trigger the release of dopamine in the brain—resulting in something akin to a cocaine high.

4.      The average person falls in love only three times in a lifetime.

5.      Everybody loves a duck.

6.      People who are recently smitten by love produce serotonin (a neurotransmitter that helps relay messages from one section of the brain to another) at the levels often associated with people suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder.

7.      Men fall in love faster than women do.

8.      Everybody loves broccoli.

9.      Intense love lasts no more than one to three years.

10.  Contrary to popular myth, men do not base their initial attraction to a woman on physical attributes alone.

--Mitchell Hegman

Correct Answers:  3, 7, and 9

For the rest of the answers: fall in love or surf the net.

To see the article mentioned here:  http://www.chemistry.com/datingadvice/LoveExplained