The Penn Science Cafe Presents:

Maybe You Can Hurry Love: The Science of Mating and Dating

WHAT:  The Penn Science Cafe can be your chance to ask your questions directly to leading experts.

WHO: Robert Kurzban, assistant professor of psychology, Penn's School of Arts and Sciences

WHERE:  The MarBar   

40th and Walnut streets, Philadelphia

WHEN:   6 p.m., Monday, July 25

     Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

     Menu items available for purchase

Is there "love at first sight? "  It might have taken Harry 96 minutes to finally hook Sally, but it might not take as long as you think to select a mate, according to Penn psychologist Robert Kurzban.  In a recent study, he, with colleague Jason Weeden, looked at dating data from 10,526 anonymous participants of a company that organizes "speed dating" sessions and found rare behavioral data on how people genuinely act in dating situations.

At the July Penn Science Cafe, Dr. Kurzban will lead a safari into the dangerous world of dating in order to get an evolutionary perspective how these creatures we call Homosapiens actually interact in the wild.  

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