A psychological study says that with the help of a game (36 questions and 4 minutes of eye contact), we can fall madly in love with virtually anyone. And that in 45 minutes. If you want to fall in love now, read on.
Grab a "playing partner" and together answer each of the 36 questions below, and at the end complete another 4-minute exercise in which the playing couple stares into each other's eyes for 4 minutes. In 45 minutes, they will be madly in love. A project based on research, which was carried out by psychologists under the guidance of dr. Arthur Arona, impressed the journalist Mandy Len Catron, which is behind the rubric Modern Love The New York Times magazine wrote an interesting an essay, with which she brought an interesting experiment closer to us. A psychological study investigates whether intimacy between two people increases if they answer a list of personal questions together. 36 extremely personal questions, which should lead to the vulnerability of partners and, as a result, mutual connection and trust. In about 60 minutes, playing partners reach a level of trust and personal acquaintance that would normally take at least a few months. To successfully complete the "exercise", the researchers tell the playing partners to look into each other's eyes for exactly 4 minutes.
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Questions
- Who (ever alive, famous...) would you most like to invite to dinner?
- Would you like to be famous? In what way?
- Do you practice your text before a phone call? Why?
- How do you imagine a "perfect" day?
- When was the last time you sang to yourself? To whom else?
- If you were told that you would live to be 90 years old and could choose between the body or the mind of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, what would you choose?
- Do you have a secret premonition about how you will die?
- List three things you and your partner have in common.
- What are you most grateful for in life?
- If you could change anything about your upbringing growing up, what would it be?
- In four minutes, he explains his life story in as much detail as possible to his partner.
- If you could wake up tomorrow with one more quality or ability, what would it be?
- If a crystal ball could tell you one truth about life, what would you want to know?
- Is there something you've been wanting to do for a long time? Why don't you just do it?
- What do you consider the greatest achievement of your life?
- What do you value most in friendship?
- Your favorite memory?
- Your worst memory?
- If you found out you only had one more year to live, would you change anything in your life? Why and how?
- What does friendship mean to you?
- What roles do love and attention play in your life?
- Confide in your partner five positive characteristics that you notice in him/her.
- How close is your family and are your relationships warm? Do you feel that you had a happier childhood than most?
- How do you feel about your relationship with your mother?
- Say three appropriate "we" sentences. For example: "We are both in this room and we feel...".
- Complete the sentence: "I wish I had someone to share...".
- What would your partner need to know about you if you became close friends after the game?
- Confide in your play partner what you really like about him/her.
- Trust your gaming partner with the most embarrassing moment of your life.
- When was the last time you cried in front of another person? Alone?
- Tell your play partner what you like about him/her right now.
- What do you take too seriously to joke about?
- If you were to die tonight without the possibility of communicating with anyone, what unspoken thing would you regret the most?
- Everything in your home catches fire. After saving your loved ones and pets, you have time to solve one more object. What subject is it? Why?
- Would the death of one of your family members particularly affect you? Why?
- Reveal one personal problem and ask your play partner for advice on how he/she would solve the problem. Also, ask your partner to clarify his opinion about how you feel about the said problem.
In the end, don't forget for 4 minutes of eye contact!
More information:
www.nytimes.com and www.nytimes.com and psp.sagepub.com