Many people believe they’ve experienced love at first sight and are certain of its existence, while others feel it’s simply rapture and lust disguised as love.

Anthropologist, Helen Fisher PhD discusses in her article, The Realities of Love at First Sight appearing in O, Oprah Magazine November 2009, how real the experience of love at first sight can be for both men and women. She explains the science of meeting someone new and how we go about sizing them up immediately.