SMU Associate Professor of Psychology Norman Li, who conducts research into the psychology of mate preferences, thinks that the growing ambivalence towards romantic commitment today is brought about by technology. He also explained that technology has enabled an individual to be able to meet up to thousands of people online in a single day, reducing the desire to commit to any one partner or any traditional, defined relationship arrangement. He also noted that, “People still want intimacy, passion and the experience of emotions, but just that the commitment aspect of relationships is diminished.”