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February 15, 2006

Scientists to study speed dating (again):

speed_dating_cartoon.jpgProfessor Richard Wiseman talks about an upcoming study on speed dating in a BBC news story and is quoted as saying "This is the first time that speed dating has been used to assess the psychology of compatibility".

It seems Professor Wiseman has a short memory, as several studies have been published on speed dating, including a paper published last year in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior that was quite widely discussed (funnily enough, just around the time of last year's Valentine's Day).

Wiseman's experiment is to be carried out at the Edinburgh International Science Festival in April and reflects a trend for using speed dating in science education events. It even featured (rather unsuccessfully) in the tepid BBC series Secrets of the Sexes and, in a slightly more informed format, as a segment on Radio 4's All in the Mind.


Link to 'Scientists to study speed dating' from BBC News.

—Vaughan.

Posted at February 15, 2006 12:00 PM

Comments

Justin says:

the image used for this article belongs to FI International and is copyrighted. BUT, totally happy for it to remain as it`is if you don't mind me placing some links to our speed dating sites. thanks!

Comment posted at March 13, 2007 01:28 AM

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