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Love at first sight

Love at first sight is a personal experience and a common theme in creative works: a person or character feels an instant, extreme, and ultimately long-lasting romantic attraction for a stranger upon first seeing that stranger. It has been described by poets and critics since the emergence of ancient Greece.

For other uses, see Love at First Sight.

Psychological conceptions[edit]

Research has shown two bases for love at first sight. The first is that the attractiveness of a person can be very quickly determined, with the average time in one study being 0.13 seconds. The second is that the first few minutes, but not the first moment, of a relationship have been shown to be predictive of the relationship's future success, more so than what two people have in common or whether they like each other ("like attracts like").[11]


Infatuation, not to be confused with love at first sight, is the state of being carried away by an unreasoned passion or assumed love. Hillman and Phillips describe it as a desire to express the libidinal attraction of addictive love,[12] inspired with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone.

Commentaries on the Bible often view the account of 's first view of Rebekah (Genesis 24:67) as love at first sight.

Isaac

The same holds for 's first sight of Rachel.[13]

Jacob

It has been proposed that 's feelings for David when they first meet in 1 Samuel is also "love at first sight". They have been described as such both by scholars who posited their relationship was erotic,[14][15] and those who did not.[16]

Jonathan

In , King David of Israel observes Bathsheba while bathing – though there is no mention of "love" or "love at first sight." – and commentators equate this to "lust at first sight."[17] He seduces her, fathers a child with her, and orders her husband Uriah the Hittite to be placed in the front of the battle, which leads to the death of Uriah.

2 Samuel

a 16th century tale of love at first sight used by Shakespeare, in paintings, and in other media.

The King and the Beggar-maid

The dictionary definition of love at first sight at Wiktionary

The Start of Warm Attractions: The First Look at Chemistry

November 7, 2012

You Can Love at First Sight: Scientists Discover Brain Region Responsible for Instant Attraction – Science/Tech – Medical Daily