{"id":6946,"date":"2015-02-20T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/?p=6946"},"modified":"2015-02-16T20:01:42","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T01:01:42","slug":"one-way-to-facilitate-the-feeling-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/2015\/02\/one-way-to-facilitate-the-feeling-of-love.html","title":{"rendered":"One Way to Facilitate the Feeling of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freedigitalphotos.net\/images\/agree-terms.php\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6948 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/258\/2015\/02\/ID-100208264-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"ID-100208264\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Rosie is a\u00a0little anxious about her\u00a0first date with Sean. We all know how important first impressions are when it comes to finding love.<\/p>\n<p>After a few outings at a local coffee shop, her\u00a0feelings of attraction were obvious. The setting was intimate, soft \u00a0music played in the background\u00a0and\u00a0the aroma of coffee filled the air. All\u00a0led to\u00a0a favorable impression of Sean. She\u00a0wanted to continue the relationship, seeing many positive traits in Sean.<\/p>\n<p>Did anything about that first coffee shop date\u00a0contribute to Rosie&#8217;s good\u00a0impression of Sean? A Japanese study suggests that\u00a0something about that\u00a0coffee shop date could have contributed to her positive impression of Sean.<\/p>\n<p>The study\u00a0looked at the impact music had on the impressions formed for\u00a0opposite sex conversation partners during a first encounter. When music was part of the background of the conversations, participants rated their conversation partners significantly more favorably than those in pairs with no music in the background. The researchers concluded that music may have made the conversationalists\u00a0more charming!<\/p>\n<p>Based on this study, music could facilitate feelings of interest and attraction during first encounters. Because of the way music stimulates neurochemical systems in the brain, positive impressions\u00a0can be increased. And character traits such as friendliness and openness were rated higher when music was playing in the background.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you want to make a good first impression, have music playing in the background. It might make the attraction stronger! Music just might be the aphrodisiac of love!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0Sumi Shigeno.\u00a0<span class=\"cit-title\">Effects of background music on young Japanese adults\u2019 impressions of opposite-sex conversation partners\u00a0<\/span><cite><span class=\"site-title\">Psychology of Music\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cit-elocation\">0305735614561816<\/span><span class=\"cit-sep cit-sep-after-article-pages\">,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cit-ahead-of-print-date\"><span class=\"cit-sep cit-sep-before-article-ahead-of-print-date\">first published on\u00a0<\/span>December 15, 2014\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"cit-doi\"><span class=\"cit-sep cit-sep-before-article-doi\">doi:<\/span>10.1177\/0305735614561816<\/span><\/cite><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosie is a\u00a0little anxious about her\u00a0first date with Sean. We all know how important first impressions are when it comes to finding love. After a few outings at a local coffee shop, her\u00a0feelings of attraction were obvious. The setting was intimate, soft \u00a0music played in the background\u00a0and\u00a0the aroma of coffee filled the air. 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