Here is a psychophysiological secret about why we fall in love with someone at first sight. It happens in special circumstances of autonomic arousal and the exciting context of a situation. In the appropriate conditions, the extrinsic arousal effect transforms … Continue reading
Category Archives: the art of love
How to Make an Online Dating Profile Appealing: New Research
The fact that the first dating websites appeared only in the 1990s might seem surprising. However, dating websites have developed significantly over the last three decades. This development had a significant impact on how partners met, fell in love, and … Continue reading
How You Feel You Are Loved
How do you feel you are loved? Do you? Professor Mengya Xia and her colleagues from the University of Alabama recently conducted an interesting exploratory study on the core elements of love across family, romantic, and friend relationships. This research … Continue reading
A Woman Should Enjoy Her Body in Bed
In the poems of Ars Amatoria, Ovid taught Roman men and women the art of love. For example, in one of his poems, he advised a woman that she should enjoy her body in bed. The Roman poet Ovid lived … Continue reading
The Way You Eat and Drink Affects Your Love Affairs
The excerpts from Ovid’s “Ars Amatoria” suggest that in love affairs, women should be mindful of what and how they eat and drink. Many scholars are familiar with the writings of Ovid, the ancient Roman poet. He rose to prominence … Continue reading
Step 3 to Make Him Believe He Is Loved, as Ovid Wrote
Here I quote step 3 of how to “Make Him Believe He Is Loved,” as Ovid recommended women master the art of love with a man. Many people who study love are familiar with the works of the Roman poet … Continue reading
Step 2 in Making Him Believe He Is Loved, as Ovid Advised
Here I quote step 2 of how to “Make Him Believe He Is Loved,” as Ovid suggested women learn the art of love with a man. Many Western scholars are familiar with the poems of Ovid, the ancient Roman poet … Continue reading
Step 1 in Making Him Believe He Is Loved, as Ovid Advised
Ovid said, “Make Him Believe He Is Loved,” thus suggesting women learn the art of love in a relationship with a man. Here is step 1. Many scholars of love are familiar with the works of Ovid, the ancient Roman … Continue reading
Women Can Play the Game of Love with “Cloak and Dagger”
Quotes from Ovid’s “Ars Amatoria” imply that women should play the game of love with a “cloak and dagger” approach. The famous Roman poet Ovid, who lived from 43 BCE to 17 CE, penned “Ars Amatoria” (The Art of Love). … Continue reading
How Women Can Use Jealousy and Fear in Love Affairs
The excerpts from Ovid’s poems in “Ars Amatoria” quoted here suggest that women can use jealousy and fear to fuel love affairs. Ovid, a famous Roman poet who lived between 43 BCE and 17 CE, wrote “Ars Amatoria” (The Art … Continue reading