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Why Online Dating Doesn’t Work
Scientific American: Online dating might give you something, but it’s probably not a soul mate. Most sites rely on what’s called an “exclusive process”—they use an algorithm to find romantic matches based variables, from interests
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The search engine for love
The Sydney Morning Herald: It’s easy to play Cupid when both parties are motivated to find love, writes Nicky Phillips. In the winter of 1959, two Stanford University students used the institution’s room-size IBM 650
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Something for the weekend
Financial Times: Most people are familiar with the siren call of the virtual world and the desire to check emails one more time, have a quick glance at Facebook or send a pithy tweet. But
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Q & A With Eli Finkel – The Science Behind Online Dating (Part 2)
Eli Finkel, a social psychologist at Northwestern University, is one of five authors on a new study in Psychological Science in the Public Interest. The study, ‘Online Dating: A Critical Analysis from the Perspective of
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Looking for Love in All the Web Places
Huffington Post: With Valentine’s Day upon us, there are some interesting conclusions to note from soon-to-be-published research regarding that most 21st-century of romantic developments: the dating website. In this past weekend’s New York Times Sunday
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‘Likes Long Walks in the Woods on Autumn Days’
Huffington Post: Valentine’s Day is for many just a cruel reminder that they have not yet found the love of their life, their soul mate, their life partner. And let’s face it: finding that special
