- A new experiment carried out by the Royal Holloway, University of London revealed why people close their eyes while kissing
- The experiment involved psychologists doing a vision and tactile sensory study among participants
- The study concluded that a human’s grey matter struggles to process another sense while also concentrating on the visual stimuli
LONDON, England – A new experiment revealed why kissing is an activity that is almost impossible to do while our eyes are open.
Zahra Mulroy mentioned in her article for The Mirror published on March 22, that the experiment found out that people tend to close their eyes while kissing; unless they are not really feeling it or are constantly vigilant.
The experiment was carried out by Royal Holloway, the University of London where psychologists did a vision and tactile sensory study among participants.
The study concluded that a human’s grey matter, a part of the brain, struggles to process another sense while also concentrating on the visual stimuli, so looking at the object of our affections while kissing them won’t work.
Although results are impressive, the study is conducted without people actually kissing. Instead of actually kissing, participants were asked to do visual tests while their response to an object touching their hands was measured.
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An article by Will Worley for Independent published on March 21 said that the tests involved letter-searching tasks which varied in difficulty while the respondents’ response to a small vibration being applied to one of their hands was measured and analyzed.
As a result, participants were found less responsive to the sense of touch while their eyes did more work.
Polly Dalton and Sandra Murphy, from Royal Holloway, University of London, shared their findings in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.
Kaitlyn Wylde mentioned in her article for Bustle published on March 22 that the result of the study suggests that for other activities requiring a tactile sense, like dancing and sex, people tend to want to focus on touch rather than have visual distractions.
The study said the body tends to concentrate energy on the task at hand and give it one hundred percent effort rather than dividing attention.
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