What Is a Hanging Bridge?

Suspension bridge effect means that when a person crosses a suspension bridge with a heart, he will involuntarily speed up his heartbeat. If, at this time, he happens to meet another person, he will mistakenly understand the acceleration of the heartbeat caused by this situation as the physical reaction that the other person makes his heart beat, so he will develop a love affection for the other person.

Suspension bridge effect

Researchers believe that, unlike people's common sense, an individual's emotional experience is not formed spontaneously because of his own experience. It is a two-stage self-perception process. In this process, people first experience the physiological feelings of the self, and then, in the surrounding environment, people will find a suitable explanation for their physiological arousal. For example, according to this theory, in the process of emotional experience, people first feel that their physical performance is different from the past. For example, they feel feverish, their heart beats, and their hands shake a little. Then they will involuntarily go to the environment. Look for clues to explain your physical performance at this time.

In other words, emotional experience depends more on the interpretation of one's physical arousal than on the actual encounter. However, this raises a problem: in real life, there may be different but reasonable explanations for the same physiological performance. Sometimes, it is difficult for people to determine which type of physiological performance they have. Caused by factors. Because it is difficult to pinpoint the true cause of their physical performance, people will have a misunderstanding of emotions. In psychology, the process by which people make false inferences about their feelings is called the misattribution of arousal.

The two-factor theory of emotion can also explain the scenes often seen in life or in film and television: beautiful ladies are in danger, handsome male heroes are married to them after saving the beauty; the two sexes in love are running around in the jungle, Then a deep affectionate kiss in the corner; in order to avoid danger, a man and a woman rushed together, and then each other's emotions sublimated further; after playing the exciting roller coaster, the hearts of young lovers seemed closer. All these scenes have the same thing. First, the corresponding scenes trigger people's physical arousal, such as rapid heartbeat and shortness of breath; then people deliberately or unintentionally see this reaction as "I for him (her ) And heartbeat "(although the understanding may not be correct), eventually leading to a further love and affection.

Arthur Allen's research is a revelation to those in love that dangerous or irritating situations can promote each other's feelings.