The Psychology of Relationships: How "Seinfeld" Can Teach Us About Love
Taught by Marisa T. Cohen
Dr. Marisa T. Cohen is a relationship researcher, relationship coach, and teaches college-level psychology courses. She is the author of From First Kiss to Forever: A Scientific Approach to Love, a book that relates relationship science research to everyday experiences and real relationship issues confronted by couples.
Marisa is also the author of Finding Love: The Scientific Take, a Psychology Today blog and Love Lessons, a Long Island Weekly newspaper column. She has been quoted in publications such as Bustle, Cosmopolitan, The Cut, Man Repeller, Men’s Health, and Women’s Health. She is also the subject of a documentary focusing on her work, which aired on BRIC TV.
For information about her work, check out her personal website: www.marisatcohen.com
Relationship science is a multidisciplinary field which draws from subject areas such as psychology, biology, and sociology. A variety of perspectives all converge to help determine what leads some relationships to flourish, while others are doomed to fail. This talk will take a look at the psychological research aimed at understanding attraction and love, through the lens of one of the greatest sitcoms of all time: Seinfeld.