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%o) said they
believed in love at first sight; 27 people (68%o) 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
Iearned that people from many different professions had love-at-firstsight
experiences. These people included a scientist, an artist, a
dancer, and a computerprogrammer.
What was the most interesting thing we learned in our study? More
men believed in love at first sight than women: 44o/o of the men believed in this kind of love, while only 27o/o of the women did. Here's
what some of the men and women in our survey said about love at
first sight.