Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Brain scanning techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging have been used to investigate brain regions that seem to be involved in producing the human experience of love. [31] In 2000, a study led by Semir Zeki and Andreas Bartels of University College London concluded that at least two areas of the brain become more active when in ...
In her book, Why We Love [15]: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love, Fisher proposed that humanity has evolved three core brain systems for mating and reproduction: lust – the sex drive or libido, also described as borogodó. attraction – early stage intense romantic love. attachment – deep feelings of union with a long term partner.
Neuroanatomy of intimacy. Even though intimacy has been broadly defined in terms of romantic love and sexual desire, the neuroanatomy of intimacy needs further explanation in order to fully understand their neurological functions in different components within intimate relationships, which are romantic love, lust, attachment, and rejection in ...
To learn more about what happens to your brain when you fall in love—including how long-term love looks different from brand-new love—I reached out to Dr. Brian Tierney, PhD, a somatic ...
Scientists identified six different types of love in a new brain study. Each type activates different parts of the brain depending on the kind of human experience. Researchers explain which type ...
The study showed that interpersonal love highlighted the social areas of the brain while a love of nature stimulated the reward and visual centers of the brain. What is love? It’s a question ...
Oxytocin is a peptide hormone and neuropeptide normally produced in the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary. [4] Present in animals since early stages of evolution, in humans it plays roles in behavior that include social bonding, love, reproduction, childbirth, and the period after childbirth.
Genre. Non-fiction. Publication date. 2012. Publication place. USA. ISBN. 978-1591846611. The Chemistry Between Us: Love, Sex, and the Science of Attraction is a 2012 book by the American neuroscientist Larry J. Young and the journalist Brian Alexander, in which the authors examine the neurobiological roots of love.