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Sex in relationships comes before a couple have formed a deep emotional connection, according to new research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\n new findings suggest that sexual desire plays a major role in people’s \ncapacity to form an emotional bond with a potential partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psychologists, from the University of Rochester in New York and the IDC Herzliya in Israel<\/a>, said that this physical intimacy could bring them closer together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also say that gender plays no part in trying to form an emotional connection as both men and women\u00a0try to connect with potential partners when sexually aroused.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Gurit Birnbaum, who led the \nstudy at IDC Herzliya, said: ‘Sex may set the stage for deepening the \nemotional connection between strangers.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n Professor Birnbaum and his team found that sexual desire between \nstrangers could encourage people to behave in ways that helped them to \nbond and connect.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘This holds true for both men and women – sex motivates human beings to connect, regardless of gender,’ says Professor\u00a0Birnbaum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Some believe that men are more likely than women to initiate relationships when sexually aroused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘But\n when one focuses on more subtle relationship-initiating strategies, \nsuch as providing assistance (as proved in the study), this pattern does\n not hold true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Both men and women try to connect with potential partners when sexually aroused.’\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers conducted four separate \nstudies and found that sexual desire between strangers could encourage \npeople to behave in ways that help them to bond and connect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first study, participants were introduced to a potential partner of the opposite sex who they met face-to-face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men\n and women lip-synched to pre-recorded music while sitting next to an \nattractive person of the opposite sex who, unbeknown to participants, \nwas involved in the study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They rated \ntheir desire for them and results showed the greater their attraction, \nthe more they signalled and the more they synched with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\n second study asked men and women to slow dance with an attractive study\n insider of the opposite sex and produced the same results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a third study, men and women were shown flashes of erotic, non-pornographic images on a screen for 30 miliseconds – which they were not aware of seeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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