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Just over half of Americans (56%) believe in love at first sight, according to a 2023 poll by Vanity Fair magazine.
Biologically, it takes just one-fifth of a second for all the chemicals in the body to kick in at once and create feelings of love after meeting the right partner, according to research published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine in 2010. So love at first sight is real.
Scientific studies also show that love at first sight, or love at first sight, can happen because humans are naturally bound by love, whether they want to or not.
The brain is naturally wired to focus on procreation, even when you have no intention of doing so, says Loretta G. Breuning, PhD, a professor at California State University. In fact, the spike in certain brain chemicals that create a euphoric feeling afterward, oxytocin, the love hormone associated with attachment, comes into play. It helps bond you to a partner through sex and builds trust.
Technically, you can experience the feeling of "love at first sight" in less than a second, but falling in love with someone is still a process.
American psychologist Sommerfeldt says there are different stages we can go through as we fall in love, develop an attachment, and eventually form a romantic relationship. It is a process of experiencing an initial physical attraction to someone and then developing into a deeper and stronger feeling of emotional connection.
Even if you fall in love at first sight, it takes time to confirm that you really do, according to a 2021 study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The survey found that men thought about confessing their love after 97 days, while women waited 149 days.
Sommerfeldt notes that these timelines may not be due to evolution or biology, but rather to cultural and social pressures that force relationships to move at a "normal" pace.
Scientists also note that feelings of love also decrease over time. This happens when your partner does little things that upset you or you finally realize that your values are not as compatible as you thought. Emotional and sexual distance can lead to feelings of love being exhausted.
According to VnExpress