{"id":6299,"date":"2015-06-30T23:47:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T23:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/kasiagalazka\/soul-pancake-love-experiment"},"modified":"2015-06-30T23:47:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T23:47:09","slug":"watch-six-pairs-stare-into-each-others-eyes-as-a-love-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/6299","title":{"rendered":"Watch Six Pairs Stare Into Each Others’ Eyes As A Love Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>If your heart hurts, it&rsquo;s probably because it just grew a few sizes.<\/b>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div id=\"buzz_sub_buzz\" class=\"c suplist_none suplist_list_hide \">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"buzz_superlist_item buzz_superlist_item_image  buzz_superlist_item_wide image_hit  \" id=\"superlist_3668924_4986273\">\t\t\t<h2>\n<span class=\"buzz_superlist_number_inline\">1.<\/span> Can uninterrupted eye contact boost intimacy, even if people don’t know each other well?<\/h2>    \t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_content\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rubbable-container\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-02\/14\/18\/enhanced\/webdr11\/anigif_enhanced-20600-1423955338-15_preview.gif\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" style=\"width: 625px;height: 351px\" class=\"bf_dom\" alt=\"Watch Six Pairs Stare Into Each Others' Eyes As A Love Experiment\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"animatedgifs button-rubbable bf_dom\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"print\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-02\/14\/18\/enhanced\/webdr11\/anigif_enhanced-20600-1423955338-15.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>View this image &rsaquo;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_source_via buzz_attribution\">Soul Pancake \/ Via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xm-T3HCa618\">youtube.com<\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub_buzz_desc_w_attr\">Last month a <i>New York Times<\/i> writer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/01\/11\/fashion\/modern-love-to-fall-in-love-with-anyone-do-this.html\">recreated a psychologist&rsquo;s love experiment<\/a>, which requires two people to gaze at each other for four straight minutes (and also answer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/01\/11\/fashion\/no-37-big-wedding-or-small.html\">36 questions<\/a>). The idea is that feeling vulnerable can cultivate closeness.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"buzz_superlist_item buzz_superlist_item_image  buzz_superlist_item_wide image_hit  \" id=\"superlist_3668924_4986027\">\t\t\t<h2>\n<span class=\"buzz_superlist_number_inline\">2.<\/span> Soul Pancake collected a dozen people to recreate the visual portion and test this theory.<\/h2>    \t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_content\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rubbable-container\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-02\/14\/17\/enhanced\/webdr02\/anigif_enhanced-12071-1423951967-16_preview.gif\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" style=\"width: 625px;height: 351px\" class=\"bf_dom\" alt=\"Watch Six Pairs Stare Into Each Others' Eyes As A Love Experiment\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"animatedgifs button-rubbable bf_dom\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"print\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-02\/14\/17\/enhanced\/webdr02\/anigif_enhanced-12071-1423951967-16.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>View this image &rsaquo;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_source_via buzz_attribution\">Soul Pancake \/ Via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xm-T3HCa618\">youtube.com<\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub_buzz_desc_w_attr\">The six pairs&rsquo; relationship levels varied from meeting for the first time to being married for 55 years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"buzz_superlist_item buzz_superlist_item_image  buzz_superlist_item_wide image_hit  \" id=\"superlist_3668924_4985421\">\t\t\t<h2>\n<span class=\"buzz_superlist_number_inline\">3.<\/span> After some uncomfortable fidgeting, you can see their unease start to melt away.<\/h2>    \t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_content\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rubbable-container\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-02\/14\/14\/enhanced\/webdr02\/anigif_enhanced-10577-1423943569-11_preview.gif\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" style=\"width: 625px;height: 352px\" class=\"bf_dom\" alt=\"Watch Six Pairs Stare Into Each Others' Eyes As A Love Experiment\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"animatedgifs button-rubbable bf_dom\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"print\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-02\/14\/14\/enhanced\/webdr02\/anigif_original-10577-1423943570-14.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>View this image &rsaquo;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_source_via buzz_attribution\">Soul Pancake \/ Via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xm-T3HCa618\">youtube.com<\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub_buzz_desc_w_attr\">I&rsquo;m not crying, you are!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"buzz_superlist_item buzz_superlist_item_video video_youtube buzz_superlist_item_wide video_hit  \" id=\"superlist_3668924_4985388\">\t\t\t\t<h2>\n<span class=\"buzz_superlist_number_inline\">4.<\/span> Have some tissues ready just in case.<\/h2>\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_content c\">\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-embed-big video-embed-area bf_dom\" id=\"video_buzz_element_3668924_4985388\"><span class=\"print\">Video available at: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=Xm-T3HCa618\">http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=Xm-T3HCa618<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_source_via buzz_attribution\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=Xm-T3HCa618\">youtube.com<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub_buzz_desc_w_attr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/juliapugachevsky\/we-tried-the-new-york-times-love-experiment-and-this-is-what#.krd60QkZgM\">And check out BuzzFeed&rsquo;s version of the experiment here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div><p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/kasiagalazka\/soul-pancake-love-experiment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/kasiagalazka\/soul-pancake-love-experiment<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your heart hurts, it&rsquo;s probably because it just grew a few sizes. 1. Can uninterrupted eye contact boost intimacy, even if people don’t know each other well? View this image &rsaquo; Soul Pancake \/ Via youtube.com Last month a New York Times writer recreated a psychologist&rsquo;s love experiment, which requires two people to gaze &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/6299\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Watch Six Pairs Stare Into Each Others’ Eyes As A Love Experiment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1515,3436,3437,1084,337,264],"class_list":["post-6299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anxiety","tag-couples","tag-eye-contact","tag-intimacy","tag-love","tag-relationships","tag-valentines-day"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/14356360397195-soul-pancake-love-experiment-2-31424-1423956946-11_dblbig.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}