“In Mandy Len Catron’s Modern Love essay, “To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This,” she refers to a study by the psychologist Arthur Aron (and others) that explores whether intimacy between two strangers can be accelerated by having them ask each other a specific series of personal questions.”

The 36 Questions That Lead to Love

“Ms. Catron wrote about it in an essay, “To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This,” which was published in the Modern Love column of this newspaper in 2015. In the piece, she described how she and Mr. Bondyra, an acquaintance at the time, had replicated a scientific experiment “designed to create romantic love.” They asked each other 36 increasingly personal questions, and then stared into each other’s eyes for four minutes. The 36 questions — from a 1997 study by the psychologist Arthur Aron (and others) — spun into a phenomenon of their own, with countless duos trying them out.”

She Wrote About ‘The 36 Questions That Lead to Love’— And Now, They’re Married