吊つり橋ばし効こう果か

noun

suspension bridge effect

A psychology term describing how physiological arousal from fear or surprise can be misinterpreted as romantic attraction, named after a classic experiment involving a suspension bridge.

• 吊つり橋ばし効こう果かとは、恐きょう怖ふや驚おどろきによる生せい理り的てき興こう奮ふんを恋れん愛あい感かん情じょうと誤あやまって認にん識しきする現げん象しょうです。

  The suspension bridge effect is a phenomenon where physiological arousal from fear or surprise is mistakenly recognized as romantic feelings.

• デートで怖こわい映えい画がを見みると吊つり橋ばし効こう果かが期き待たいできると言いわれる。

  It is said that watching a scary movie on a date can produce the suspension bridge effect.