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"Love Actually has been named the best film for couples on Valentine&amp;#039;s Day, according to data from LoveFilm.  LoveFilm asked neuropsychologist Dr David Lewis, of Mind Lab International, to analyse the top ten films likely to put viewers in the &amp;quot;mood for love&amp;quot; on February 14.   He said that rom-com Love Actually is the film that is most likely to stimulate specialised neurons in the brain, called mirror neurons, that respond to witnessing the activity of others.  &amp;quot;So if an on-screen couple shares a passionate kiss, the mirror neurons in the viewers&amp;#039; heads will fire as if they were doing the kissing,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;They will experience the same powerful and pleasurable emotions that are being depicted on screen.&amp;quot; Love Actually puts around one in five people (21%) in a &amp;quot;loving mood&amp;quot;, according to Dr Lewis.  He said that the interplay between various couples in the film gave audiences &amp;quot;multiple opportunities to empathise, while the challenges the characters overcome in the story increase the optimism viewers feel about their own relationships and their own romantic feelings&amp;quot;.    The Notebook, a 2004 movie starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, came next with 18%, followed - rather surprisingly - by Pixar animated feature Wall-E in third with 13%. The movie features two robot characters, but the mirror neurons can still sense the &amp;#039;human&amp;#039; emotions behind the story, said Dr Lewis.  The ten films most likely to cause a romantic response are:  1. Love Actually (21%) 2. The Notebook (18%) 3. Wall-E (13%) 4. Notting Hill (9%) 5. Dirty Dancing (8%) 6. Ghost (5%) 7. Pretty Woman (4%) 8. Titanic (3%) 9. Jerry Maguire (2%) 10. Casablanca (1%) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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