Relationships, sex, and attraction

Should you talk to strangers?

• Can interactions between parents and children shape experiences within our bodies?
• Do others change how we see ourselves?
• How does sexual orientation develop?
• How do our emotions and personalities influence our interactions with others?
• Why do some marriages last, while others crumble?

Our internationally recognised researchers explore these questions and others in their attempts to understand the role that all relationships play in shaping how we think about, feel and understand ourselves and the world around us.

Using diverse experimental methods that include self reporting, questionnaires, behavioural coding and observations, psychophysiology, and more, we try to understand our place in the world through our interactions with others. We also carry out research in related areas, including meaning in life, trust, and interdependence, emotion, and well-being.