We’ve all felt, at some time in our life, strongly attracted or drawn to someone. We’ve felt that irresistible magnetism or invisible pull beyond our ability to think and the overwhelming temptation to be with her or him without any logical explanation.

Some think that attraction originates in our pheromones or what we call chemistry. But just because others may think of attraction between two people in a certain way doesn’t necessarily make it so. And neither is...