These are the main findings from the scientific study of kissing

Love is in the air as Valentine’s Day fast approaches and Dr Naomi Lavelle is here to tell us all about the science behind kissing.

With romance in the air this week it is a good time to look at the act of kissing, platonic or romantic, why do we do it at all and has science got anything to say on the matter? It turns out it has… there is even a name for the scientific study of kissing… it is called Philematology and here are some of its findings!