What worries do you have when you meet someone for the purpose of love and marriage, such as a blind date or face-to-face meeting? You may be wondering what the other person will think of you and whether or not they will like you.
This is because, as the saying goes, ‘Even if you know ten roads in water, it is difficult to understand people in one road’, it is not easy to know people’s hearts.
However, a recent study introduced a way to physically check the likes of another person. It’s just comparing your heart rate to that of the other person. Of course, it is not easy to measure the heart rate together in reality. However, the degree of liking physically It has attracted many people’s attention in terms of measurability.
A recent study from a cognitive psychology research institute affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands found that favorable feelings toward each other affect each other’s heart rate synchronization.
◇If you love, your heart beats together?
This study If you both have a crush on each other at the first meeting, your heart rate will be the samereport that in other words, each other’s hearts beating at the same speedto be. While two people are dating, if one’s heart beats faster, the other’s heart beats too, and if one’s heart slows down, the other’s heart beats at a similar speed.
In addition, biological signals such as response to stimulation, agitation, and skin conductance, which measure the degree of psychological and physical arousal and arousal, were also found to change similarly to that of the person who felt a crush.
The research team is observing What was even more surprisingunder the experimental conditions Same phenomenon even though they are not in direct physical contact with each otherthat this appeared.
The experiment was conducted by the research team by setting up dating booths at various local events and receiving volunteers (140 people). Volunteers met for the first time under controlled conditions, and the team measured physiological changes.
In particular, a temporary wall was placed in the middle of the date booth to prevent direct contact with each other. Glasses were installed on the temporary walls so that they could only look at each other for a limited time according to the experimental design. The experiment was designed so that they could interact with each other in stages, such as first impressions, free conversation, and staring at each other without dialogue. The research team measured the participants’ biosignals before and after each step.
◇If you like, your mind and body will empathize with each other.
The research team found these results ‘Physiological simultaneity’ (or synchronization of physiological responses) It was interpreted as a phenomenon that occurred because of it. This is deeply related to human empathy and a sense of social belonging. A representative example is ’emotional contagion’, in which people feel the same thoughts or feelings directly or indirectly when they feel a sense of belonging or liking.
But these Empathy is not limited to the realm of emotions, but also affects physical activity.go crazy For this reason, physiological changes such as heart rate and nerve excitability are observed similarly. In the past, a research team from Aarhus University in Denmark also observed 37 couples and found that the deeper the trust, the more similar the heartbeat cycles.
Dr. Eliska Prochazkova, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Cognitive Psychology at Leiden University, said, “Synchronization of physiological responses helps connect loversThey seem to be more attracted to each other when synchronization progresses to a deeper level. he explained.