Although sexual desire and romantic love are often experienced in concert, they are
fundamentally distinct subjective experiences with distinct neurobiological substrates. The�…

In Western culture, romantic love is commonly a basis for marriage. Although it is associated
with relationship satisfaction, stability, and individual well-being, many couples experience�…

Love, attachment, and truth of human monogamy have become important research themes
in neuroscience. After the introduction of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and�…

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�…

Humans and other mammals have evolved three primary emotion systems for mating,
reproduction, and parenting: the sex drive, or lust, characterized by the craving for sexual�…

Although it is typically presumed that heterosexual individuals only fall in love with other-
gender partners and gay-lesbian individuals only fall in love with same-gender partners, this�…

Lust is a powerful feeling that often influences our lives and relationships. Pamela C. Regan
and Ellen Berscheid have written an accessible, interdisciplinary book that reviews theory�…

Drawing on recent claims in the study of relationships, attachment, and emotion, the authors
hypothesized that romantic love serves a commitment-related function and sexual desire a�…

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�…

The scientific efforts to understand love and sex stem from the late nineteenth century and
continued in twentieth century. Despite those early attempts, scholars often resisted�…