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Love is blind
People who were in love and other people who were not in love were asked to view film clips of couples interacting who were in different levels of emotional involvement. The viewers who were in love were least able to identify which viewed couples were in love.
In fact many people had no idea at all who else was in love. Read Randall Parker's analysis here. And here is Parker on whether gamblers enjoy gambling much at all.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on January 12, 2005 at 06:49 PM in Science | Permalink
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