Is there anyone you'd like to feel closer to? The '36 Questions' T-shirt is based on a study called "The Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness" by Arthur Aron, Edward Melinat, Elaine N. Aron, Robert Darrin Vallone, Renee J. Bator published in 1997, which concerned itself with accelerating the feeling of closeness between two people when using these 36 questions. The study gained more attention when the 'New York Times' writer Daniel Jones posted an article about it in 2015 titled 'The 36 Questions That Lead To Love', as the questions can also be used on dates.