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Jun 12, 2023 · The rewarding effects of partner cues help drive pair bond formation; however, the negative effects of partner separation facilitate the maintenance of long-term bonds. Love letters, longing, and a dramatic reunion at the airport (if you are in an early 2000s romantic comedy) are the result of an intense drive to be back with one’s partner after spending time apart.
- Sarah A. Blumenthal, Larry J. Young
- Biology (Basel). 2023 Jun; 12(6): 844.
- 10.3390/biology12060844
- 2023/06
Aug 26, 2024 · Summary: A new study explores how the brain responds to various forms of love, from parental to romantic, using advanced imaging techniques. Researchers found that love for one’s children generates the most intense brain activity, especially in the reward system. The study also shows that love for pets and nature activates different brain ...
Nov 27, 2012 · Love might create its own reality. The biology of love originates in the primitive parts of the brain—the emotional core of the human nervous system—that evolved long before the cerebral cortex. The brain of a human ‘in love’ is flooded with sensations, often transmitted by the vagus nerve, creating much of what we experience as emotion.
- C Sue Carter, Stephen W Porges
- 10.1038/embor.2012.191
- 2013
- EMBO Rep. 2013 Jan; 14(1): 12-16.
Jun 26, 2022 · The 13 experiments for passionate love involved long-term intense romantic love, with participants having been married more than 10 years but still having a good rating on the Passionate Love Scale . Moreover, the experiments for passionate love varied across sexual orientation (i.e., heterosexual and homosexual passionate love) and cultural groups (e.g., Chinese and Westerners).
- 10.3390/brainsci12070830
- 2022/07
- Brain Sci. 2022 Jul; 12(7): 830.
Feb 10, 2023 · Longer-term love also boosts activation in more cognitive areas of the brain such as the angular gyrus, the part of the brain associated with complex language functions, and the mirror neuron system, a region that helps you anticipate the actions of a loved one. That’s the reasoning behind couples who finish each other’s sentences or have a ...
Jan 12, 2024 · Summary: The brain produces more of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine when we're longing for or hanging out with our partner, new research suggests. But when we break up, their unique ...
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Feb 13, 2023 · Feelings of lust, attraction, and long-term love involve brain chemicals, some of which overlap between stages. The progressive nature of love first involves reproductive hormones when experiencing lust, primarily driven by evolution. In men, testosterone fuels this stage, while estrogen is more predominant in women.
