The science of why you think, feel, and fall for who you fall for. Explained in a bar.
A world-leading psychology professor and an open Q&A about how your mind actually works. Get your tickets for Curious Hour: Psychology Explained in London!
🧠 Social psychology🍺 Bar setting🎙️ Open Q&A🔬 Different topic each session
Your speaker
Prof Viren Swami
Professor of Social Psychology · Anglia Ruskin University
Ranked in the top 2% of most-cited scientists worldwide. Author of 300+ academic papers and three books including Attraction Explained and The Psychology of Physical Attraction. Leads the Wellbeing in Nature research hub. His work covers body image, attraction, relationships, and mental health.
Sessions rotate across two topics
💘Attraction Explained: How geography, appearance, reciprocity, and similarity affect who we fall for. Debunks pick-up artist myths with evidence-based science
❤️Love, Actually: What love is across history and science. From psychoanalysis to neuroscience. Includes a personal love-style assessment
What you get
🧠Peer-reviewed psychology on human behavior, attraction, and decision-making. Not self-help clichés
🔓Open Q&A after the talk. Relationships, emotions, behavior patterns. Ask anything
🍺Bar atmosphere, drink in hand. Science on the table, none of the formality
👥Couples, groups, or solo. A smarter night out for the genuinely curious
How the night works
1
Grab a drink
Order at the bar, find a seat. No formality.
2
The talk
Attraction, love, behavior. Evidence-led, myth-busting, accessible.
3
Ask anything
The floor opens. No filter, no question off limits.
Practical info
Description
Instead of another night out doing the same thing, grab a drink and find out what's actually going on inside your head. Prof Viren Swami, one of the world's most-cited psychologists, breaks down the real science behind attraction, love, and human behavior. No self-help platitudes, no pick-up artist frameworks. Just peer-reviewed research on why you think, feel, and act the way you do, delivered in clear language with a drink in hand. Then the floor opens. Get your tickets now for Curious Hour: Psychology Explained in London!
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