People close their eyes
when kissing because the brain cannot deal with more than two things at
once, according to a UK Psychologist.
They concluded without actually looking at a
couple kissing. Instead of this, the cognitive psychologists told
respondents to undergo a visual test while their response to something
touching their hands was measured.
In
the research finding published in the Journal of Experimental
Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, the team found that visual
fields override tactile responses, meaning that it would become
difficult to continue kissing if they were looking at something which
becomes difficult to process.
One
of the researchers explained further that if our eyes were focused on
something, it reduces our awareness of stimuli from other senses.
This could also be used to explain why people sometimes close their eyes while learning braille or dancing.
“These
results could explain why we close our eyes when we want to focus
attention on another sense. Shutting out the visual input leaves more
mental resources to focus on other aspects of our experience,” Dr Polly
Dalton, one of the researchers, said.
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