What’s in it for me? Find out what science can teach us about why and how we love.
The evolutionary history of the human brain can be seen in its three subsections.
Feelings of attachment are the product of neurotransmitters such as serotonin and oxytocin in the brain.
The neurotransmitters known as opiates help relieve physical and emotional pain.
Our memories and feelings depend on the connections in the brain that are called Attractors.
Attachment is necessary for our emotional development.
Long-term therapy can change our brains for the better by optimizing how we connect emotionally.
The cultural myth that being in love and loving are the same thing leads inevitably to disappointment.
The brain structures of two loving people are changed so that they begin to sense the world in the same way.
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