Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. "First kiss beliefs" include idealized beliefs that your first kiss with a new ...

1. Not everyone loves to smooch. In fact, less than half of the world’s cultures (46 percent) enjoy locking lips for the sake of romance, according to a 2015 Indiana University study. Of the 146 ...

In the Western world, Valentine’s Day expressions of affection are closely linked to mouth-to-mouth kisses. I remember feeling envious years ago when a colleague found a card in his pigeon-hole ...

Falling in love is one of the best feelings in the world and you can’t deny that. With immense thrill and rapture, it is a feeling sensed straight from the heart. However, expressing love can be a ...