Scientists try speed-dating to discover secret of love

Date: 2006-10-17

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SCIENTISTS are to investigate how people can find their perfect partners - by observing speed dating.

A top psychologist is planning to carry out the world's first mass experiment on the science of speed dating

Organisers of the 2006 Edinburgh International Science Festival programme are looking for 200 volunteers to take part in the experiment in April to discover the truth about the psychology of compatibility.

Under the eye of Professor Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire, participants will complete a personality test, take part in a series of five-minute meetings with potential suitors, and then rate the degree to which they liked the people they were introduced to.

The data will reveal whether people with different personalities get on best, or whether similarity is the secret of success.

Prof Wiseman said: "People often believe that they are good at predicting what types of people will get on with one another.

"It will be interesting to find out whether or not they are correct."

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