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1. www.healthline.com › relationships › effects-of-love15 Effects of Love on Your Brain and Body - Healthline

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   Aug 5, 2020 · Many people describe love as something you just have to learn to recognize when it happens. If you need a little help in that department, here are 15 telltale effects to look for. When you...

2. hms.harvard.edu › brain › love-brainLove and the Brain | Harvard Medical School

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   When we are falling in love, chemicals associated with the reward circuit flood our brain, producing a variety of physical and emotional responses—racing hearts, sweaty palms, flushed cheeks, feelings of passion and anxiety.

3. www.researchgate.net › publication › 51408309_The(PDF) The power of love on the human brain - ResearchGate

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   Jun 1, 2006 · The recent localization of romantic love within subcortico-cortical reward, motivation and emotion systems in the human brain has suggested that love is a goal-directed drive with predictable...

4. www.researchgate.net › publication › 355279009_What(PDF) What's Love Got to Do With it? Romantic Relationships ...

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   Intimate relationships become increasingly important as individuals transition from dating in adolescence, cohabitating in emerging adulthood, and ultimately marriage in adulthood.

   • Author: Jessica Kansky

5. assets.cambridge.org › 97811084 › 75686Second Edition THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY OF LOVE

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   As the psy chological basis of love is examined, this volume showcases what attracts people to one another, why love has developed the way it has over time and what evolutionary purpose it serves.

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6. www.apa.org › marriage-relationships › brain-on-loveWhat happens in your brain when you’re in love?

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   Feb 10, 2023 · You can’t eat. You can’t sleep. Your stomach and heart flutter when this person contacts you or suggests spending time together. Sounds like all the telltale signs you may be falling in love. But what happens in your brain when you begin to feel lovestruck? And how does the brain change over time when it comes to love?

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   How does love affect your brain?

   • Additional fMRI studies conducted by Cacioppo shed more light on how love affects your brain. Her team found 12 areas of the brain work together to release chemicals such as the “feel-good” hormone dopamine, the “cuddle hormone” oxytocin, and adrenaline, which induces a euphoric sense of purpose.

   What happens in your brain when you’re in love?

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   How does love affect a person's life?

   • It seems understandable-there is mounting evidence that love affects almost all aspects of our lives, from mating (Buss, 1989) to psychological well-being (Kansky, 2018; Oravecz et al., 2020), happiness (Tamir et al., 2017), and health (Fletcher et al., 2015). Love's influence also spans the social environment. ... ...

   What's Love Got to Do With it? Romantic Relationships and Well-Being

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   What happens when you fall in love?

   • When we are falling in love, chemicals associated with the reward circuit flood our brain, producing a variety of physical and emotional responses—racing hearts, sweaty palms, flushed cheeks, feelings of passion and anxiety. If love lasts, this rollercoaster of emotions, and, sometimes, angst, calms within one or two years, said Schwartz.

   Love and the Brain | Harvard Medical School

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   How does love affect your mood?

   • Lasting love is consistently linked to lower levels of stress. The positive feelings associated with oxytocin and dopamine production can help improve your mood, for one. Research from 2010 also suggests single people may have higher levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, than people in committed relationships.

   15 Effects of Love on Your Brain and Body - Healthline

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   Why is love so important?

   • As love flourishes, you may find yourself more willing to make these sacrifices. It’s believed this happens because partners tend to become more synced up, thanks in part to the vagus nerve, which begins in your brain and plays a role in everything from your facial expressions to the rhythm of your heart.

   15 Effects of Love on Your Brain and Body - Healthline

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   How do you know if you're falling in love?

   • You can’t eat. You can’t sleep. Your stomach and heart flutter when this person contacts you or suggests spending time together. Sounds like all the telltale signs you may be falling in love. But what happens in your brain when you begin to feel lovestruck? And how does the brain change over time when it comes to love?

   What happens in your brain when you’re in love?

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8. news.harvard.edu › gazette › storyScientists find a few surprises in their study of love

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   Feb 13, 2018 · Love’s warm squishiness seems a thing far removed from the cold, hard reality of science. Yet the two do meet, whether in lab tests for surging hormones or in austere chambers where MRI scanners noisily thunk and peer into brains that ignite at glimpses of their soulmates.