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20px}.chx-intro{font-size:21px}.chx-quote{font-size:22px}.chx-x{flex-direction:column}.chx-grid,.chx-info,.chx-steps{grid-template-columns:1fr}.chx-steps{gap:24px}.chx-desc{padding:20px}} Curious Hour Curious Hour Curious Hour Curious Hour Curious Hour Curious Hour Curious Hour Curious Hour Curious Hour Why you fall for the people you do, explained with peer-reviewed research. Then you ask the questions you'd never ask a friend. 60 min, talk + Q&A Drink in hand 18+ Peer-reviewed science. Zero self-help clichés. Attraction & Love London Prof Viren Swami Professor of Social Psychology · Anglia Ruskin University Your expert Ranked in the top 2% of most-cited scientists worldwide. Author of 300+ academic papers and three books including Attraction Explained and The Psychology of Physical Attraction . Leads the Wellbeing in Nature research hub. His work covers body image, attraction, mental health, and the benefits of nature. Two topics, rotating Attraction Explained How geography, appearance, reciprocity and similarity affect who we fall for. Pick-up artist myths meet the evidence. Love, Actually What love is across history and science, from psychoanalysis to neuroscience. Includes a personal love-style assessment. What you get The science of who we fall for, and why Attraction and love, explained through peer-reviewed research. Open Q&A after the talk Relationships and the patterns you keep repeating. Ask anything. Bar atmosphere, drink in hand Science on the table, none of the formality. Couples, groups or solo A date night with something new to talk about. How the night works 1 Grab a drink Order at the bar, find a seat. No formality. 2 The talk Attraction and love, explained with evidence. Myths get busted. 3 Ask anything The floor opens. No filter, no question off limits. Good to know Duration 60 minutes Talk followed by open Q&A 📍 Location 21Soho 3-5 Sutton Row, W1D 4NR Age 18+ Language English FAQs Read the FAQs A cold glass on the bar and a question you've carried for years: why do you fall for the people you do? Curious Hour is a psychology science night where research explains attraction and love. Prof Viren Swami, ranked in the top 2% of the world's most-cited scientists, walks through what the studies say about who we choose, from the pull of proximity to the role of similarity. No pick-up artist frameworks, no self-help platitudes. Evidence you can argue about on the way home. Then the floor opens. Get your tickets now for Curious Hour: Psychology Explained in London!
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21Soho, Manor House, 3-5 Sutton Row, London// W1D 4NR, London, United Kingdom
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