Although philosophers, psychologists, artists, and poets have been interested in the nature
and origin of passionate love throughout the ages, only in the 1960s have social�…

Men are generally more interested in and responsive to visual sexually arousing stimuli than
are women. Here we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to show that the�…

Early‐stage romantic love has been studied previously in the United States and United
Kingdom (Aron et al.[2005]: J Neurophysiol 94: 327–337; Bartels and Zeki [2000]�…

We pursued our functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies of the neural
correlates of romantic love in 24 subjects, half of whom were female (6 heterosexual and 6�…

“Since the heaven and earth were created, you were made for me and I was made for you
and I will not let you go,” declared Chang Po to his beloved Meilan (Yutang, 1954, p. 73)�…

Love is one of our most powerful emotions, inspiring some of the greatest art, literature and
conquests of human history. Although aspects of love are surely unique to our species�…

Introduction One of the most difficult dilemmas in relationship science and couple therapy
concerns the interaction between sexual desire and love. As two mental states of intense�…

Romantic love is a phenomenon of immense interest to the general public as well as to
scholars in several disciplines. It is known to be present in almost all human societies and�…

The early stages of a new romantic relationship are characterized by intense feelings of
euphoria, well-being, and preoccupation with the romantic partner. Neuroimaging research�…

Sexually arousing visual stimuli activate the human reward system and trigger sexual
behavior. Here we performed event-related fMRI during visual processing of sexual core�…