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Melbourne: The popular belief that time seems to slow down or even stop when falling in love at first sight may actually be true, a new research suggests.



A psychology expert from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand is trying to understand the origins of personal attraction by studying changes in time perception.



Dr Joana Arantes is testing whether changes in time perception occur when seeing an attractive potential mate for the first time, which could be explained by evolutionary pressures our ancestors faced in the past.



"The initial idea for our research came from the popular belief that time seems to slow down or even stop when falling in love at first sight," Arantes said.

"This can be seen depicted in films such as the Tim Burton movie `Big Fish` and in Taylor Swift`s song Time Slows Down Whenever You`re Around," Arantes said.



"We know from previous research that perceived time can slow down in real-life situations that are threatening, such as car crashes, bungee jumping, or to take a less extreme example that`s been studied in the laboratory, viewing photos of snakes," Arantes said.



"These changes in time perception, which can be subtle, are mediated by changes in arousal, and have evolved because they increased the likelihood of survival.



"From an evolutionary perspective, it makes sense that similar changes in time perception would occur in situations related to reproductive fitness, such as unexpectedly seeing an attractive potential mate for the first time.

"Of course, this is consistent with the saying about: love at first sight. But when we looked in the scientific literature we found there had been no prior research.



"In our first study, which was recently published in the journal Evolutionary Psychology, female participants viewed photos of attractive and unattractive males and females that were briefly presented on a computer and had to estimate their duration by pressing a mouse button.



"We found that the estimated durations of attractive males were longer than for unattractive males, whereas there was no difference in the estimated durations of attractive and unattractive females.



"This result supported our prediction that the timing system is sensitive to reproductive fitness," Arantes said.



Arantes will follow up the initial findings and systematically study the role of time perception in interpersonal attraction.



She will use laboratory and realistic methods to explore what happens automatically and instinctively in the cognitive system during interpersonal attraction.

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Melbourne: The popular belief that time seems to slow down or even stop when falling in love at first sight may actually be true, a new research suggests.A psychology expert from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand is trying to understand the origins of personal attraction by studying changes in time perception.Dr Joana Arantes is testing whether changes in time perception occur when seeing an attractive potential mate for the first time, which could be explained by evolutionary pressures our ancestors faced in the past.The initial idea for our research came from the popular belief that time seems to slow down or even stop when falling in love at first sight, Arantes said.This can be seen depicted in films such as the Tim Burton movie `Big Fish` and in Taylor Swift`s song Time Slows Down Whenever You`re Around, Arantes said.We know from previous research that perceived time can slow down in real-life situations that are threatening, such as car crashes, bungee jumping, or to take a less extreme example that`s been studied in the laboratory, viewing photos of snakes, Arantes said.These changes in time perception, which can be subtle, are mediated by changes in arousal, and have evolved because they increased the likelihood of survival.From an evolutionary perspective, it makes sense that similar changes in time perception would occur in situations related to reproductive fitness, such as unexpectedly seeing an attractive potential mate for the first time.Of course, this is consistent with the saying about: love at first sight. But when we looked in the scientific literature we found there had been no prior research.In our first study, which was recently published in the journal Evolutionary Psychology, female participants viewed photos of attractive and unattractive males and females that were briefly presented on a computer and had to estimate their duration by pressing a mouse button.We found that the estimated durations of attractive males were longer than for unattractive males, whereas there was no difference in the estimated durations of attractive and unattractive females.This result supported our prediction that the timing system is sensitive to reproductive fitness, Arantes said.Arantes will follow up the initial findings and systematically study the role of time perception in interpersonal attraction.She will use laboratory and realistic methods to explore what happens automatically and instinctively in the cognitive system during interpersonal attraction.

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