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Sep 16, 2024 · Love is a fundamental and complex human emotion. Learn more about the different types of love and their effects on our bodies.
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Apr 25, 2014 · Why do we crave love so much? To learn about our need for romantic love, anthropologist Helen Fisher took MRIs of people in love — and people who had just been dumped.
Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die for it? To learn more about our very real, very physical need for romantic love, Helen Fisher and her research team took MRIs of people in love -- and people who had just been dumped.
Love, which began as a stressor (to our brains and bodies, at least), becomes a buffer against stress. Brain areas associated with reward and pleasure are still activated as loving relationships proceed, but the constant craving and desire that are inherent in romantic love often lessen.
Sep 28, 2023 · Thanks to advances in imaging technology, scientists now have a much clearer picture of what happens in the brain when people experience love. For starters, it isn't a singular emotion. It’s made up of many different elements and emotions, including physical attraction, romance, and affection.
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.
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Nov 28, 2018 · Some people know they love more than their partner loves them but hope and believe they can change their partner’s feelings over time. In other words, they may deny that there is an imbalance...
