揭祕爲何“一吻定情”？
How do women choose Mr Right: It's in his kiss!
The first kiss is important to a relationship
Winning a first kiss is enough of a challenge for most male suitors.
But getting the act itself right may be even more important - because apparently it can determine whether a relationship blooms.
According to scientists, women often judge men on the quality of the first kiss.
The pressure to perform, they say, rests mainly with men, because women have developed kissing as an evolutionary tool to find their Mr. Rights.
The research into the psychology of kissing uncovered a "complicated exchange of information" during a kiss.
Tongue contact and the exchange of saliva were found to help both sexes make subconscious assessments about each other. Women's breath can indicate hormone levels and fertility, while male saliva will have traces of the sex hormone testosterone.
Bad breath, as well as being unpleasant, can be interpreted by would-be lovers as a sign of health problems.
Researchers at New York's University at Albany questioned 1,000 students about their views on kissing.
The study, published in the journal Evolutionary Psychology, found that women "place more emphasis on a kiss and are more reliant on kissing as a mate assessment technique" than men.
Most women said that kissing was so integral to an intimate relationship that they wouldn't contemplate sex without it.
Psychologist Gordon Gallup, who led the study, said: "While many forces lead two people to connect romantically, the kiss - particularly the first one - can be a deal-breaker.
對於大多數男性追求者來說，贏得第一個吻可謂一大挑戰。
但這個吻本身可能更重要，因爲這一吻能決定兩人的感情能否開花結果。
科學家稱，女性常會根據第一個吻的質量來評判對方。
而這一吻的壓力主要在於男性，因爲女性已將“接吻”發展成了一種用於尋找“白馬王子”的“進化手段”。
該項有關接吻心理學的研究發現，在接吻的過程中，存在“複雜的信息交流”。
科學家發現，舌頭的接觸及唾液的交換有助於男女雙方對彼此做出潛意識判斷。女性的呼吸能反映其激素水平和生育能力，而男性的唾液則能體現其睾丸激素的水平。
口氣不清新或讓人不舒服會被對方視爲身體不健康的標誌。
奧爾巴尼紐約大學的研究人員對1000名學生的“接吻觀”進行了調查。
調查發現，女性比男性“更看重接吻，而且更依賴它作爲評判對方的手段”。該研究結果在《進化心理學》期刊上發表。
大多數女性稱，接吻是親密關係必不可少的因素，如果沒有接吻，她們不會考慮性接觸。
該調查的負責人、心理學家戈登•蓋勒普說：“儘管讓兩人結合的力量有很多，但接吻——尤其是初吻，可能會毀了一份戀情。”
