And after him came a young woman with wild nodding daisies in her hand
Can you imagine getting off a roller coaster ride and falling in love with the first attractive person you see as you leave the ride? Likely not.
But in fact, classic social psychology experiments have shown that sometimes people do misattribute feelings of fear and anxiety to sexual attraction.
More generally, researchers have found that when people feel physiologically aroused (think racing heart, sweaty palms), they use environmental cues to help them determine why they are feeling that way.
