Right now an old-fashioned kitchen timer is ticking on the desk next to me as I type.

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The sensor, or an array of them, would record the movement of your hands while they type against a keyboard projected by laser on your desk, or even in the space in front of you.

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That said, this problem of causality in the area of neuroscience is endemic to a lot of papers that come across my desk that try to relate a particular brain structure to a type of behavior.

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But before you let the sounds of wedding bells, or the ever-present cluster of wedding inspiration Pinterest boards, fill your head up at the thought that meeting your soulmate could happen just steps away from your work desk, take into consideration the following five rules of thumb before truly pursuing any type of office romance.

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