It was love at first sight. It's always exciting to hear those words. But do people really believe in love at first sight? We asked 40 Americans this question-18 men and 22 women. Thirteen people (32%) said they believed in love at first sight: 27 people (68%) said they didn't Next, we wanted to find out who believed in love at first sight and who didn't. We were surprised to find that both younger and older people believed they could fall in love in a few short seconds. We also learned that people from many different professions had love-at-first-sight experiences. These people included a scientist, an artist, a dancer, and 10 a computer programmer. What was the most interesting thing we learned in our study? Mor men than women believed in love at first sight: 44% of the men believed in this kind of love, while only 27% of the women did. Here's what some of the men and women in our survey said about love at first sight. 15 Name: John Occupation: Artist Age: 30