The neural correlates of many emotional states have been studied, most recently through
the technique of fMRI. However, nothing is known about the neural substrates involved in�…

Romantic and maternal love are highly rewarding experiences. Both are linked to the
perpetuation of the species and therefore have a closely linked biological function of crucial�…

Functional neuroimaging studies have shown that romantic love and maternal love are
mediated by regions specific to each, as well as overlapping regions in the brain's reward�…

Romantic and maternal love are highly rewarding experiences. Both are linked to the
perpetuation of the species and therefore have a closely linked biological function of crucial�…

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�…

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�…

The present study examined the neural correlates of long-term intense romantic love using
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Ten women and 7 men married an average�…

We review recent neuroimaging research on the experiences of romantic love and sexual
desire, focusing specifically on the question of links and distinctions between the brain�…

In this work, we address an important but unexplored topic, namely the neural correlates of
hate. In a block-design fMRI study, we scanned 17 normal human subjects while they�…

Early-stage romantic love can induce euphoria, is a cross-cultural phenomenon, and is
possibly a developed form of a mammalian drive to pursue preferred mates. It has an�…