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Lessons from the Love Lab

By Patrick Ward
November 12, 2006 Comments (0)

Some very compelling research on marriage has emerged from the University of Washington in the last few years.  Psychology professor John Gottman and his team of researchers have developed a lab the press has dubbed “The Love Lab.”  In their laboratory which is set up like an apartment, Gottman and his fellow researchers observe couples as they interact.  They see it all; the good, the bad, and the ugly interactions that can take place in marriage. Each partner’s stress levels are measured several times a day through heart rate monitors, stress hormone levels, video monitoring, blood pressure, and interviews.  This data is then used to create mathematical models that can predict whether a couple will divorce or not in the next three years.  Research has shown their prediction models are more than 90% accurate! Continue