a canadian american scientist tries to create a relationship in a lab with 36 intimate questions we get two couples to be part of the experiment in the nineties psychology professor at the stony brook university arthur aron con ducted a study called the experimental generation of interpersonal closeness a procedure and some preliminary findings if the title seems like jargon you may simply call it 36 questions to fall in loveits the moniker thats been doing the rounds of the internet over the last few days aron whose studies revolve around understanding motivation and cognition in personal relationships conducted an experiment where strangers were brought into a room made to sit opposite each other and go through a set of 36 questions that escalate in intensityafter this they were asked to spend four minutes looking into each others eyes the experiment aimed to create closeness in an experimental context the questions established trust between the couple and gazing produced intimacy the two pillars of a romantic relationship aron was able to develop relationships so much so that six months after the experiment one couple decided to tie the knot and invited the entire lab to their wedding we decided to use arons experiment to play cupid with two unknowing couples heres what happenedakansha shamwani 25 digital manager i had read about the experiment online so when sujay asked me to try it i was game we arent strangers since we work in the same office but we havent said anything more than a polite hi to each other in the corridor we took an hour to answer the questions dwelled on some and raced through others a few like your definition about love and affection was one that i had to spend considerable time thinking about i chose not to answer some questions because i wasnt comfortable answering that for someone i didnt know well when i usually go on a blind date im concerned about what the guy thinks of me so i might alter my conversation accordingly he will probably see a watered down version of me i try to listen more talk lessthat wasnt the case here because we had a set of questions to get through staring into each others eyes was awkward but sharing an embarrassing moment helps you bond now after knowing a little bit more about sujay i feel comfortable around him im from indore so we have planned a trip around mumbaihe has offered to show me aroundsujay raghavan 28 producer when i first heard about the experiment i thought it was a compatibility test akansha works on the same floor as me a but we are part of different teamsour conversations are restricted to small talk around the coffee machine i wouldve never asked her out to coffee because she is too pretty when i told her about participating in the experiment for mirror she thought it was a pickup line we headed to the food court in a mall