… related to the behavioral activation system and romantic love. In Study 1, the BAS-SLO Scale
was validated in a sample of 1556 partnered young adults experiencing romantic love. The …

… romantic love is in its infancy. The behavioral activation system is one biopsychological system
… This study was the first to investigate romantic love and the behavioral activation system. …

… The first section of this book deals with the implications of variations in attachmentsystem
functioning for the dynamics of romantic love. The chapters in this section present upto-date …

… , we review fMRI research on romantic love and pair-bonding … dopamine reward system,
which sustains behaviors needed … reward system processes that mediate romantic love and pair…

… systems and the neuroimaging techniques for examining activation of various parts of the
brain has made love, … The early–stage activation patterns of romantic love can be predictive of …

… view: feelings of intense romantic love engage regions of the brain’s “reward system,” …
activated during drug and/or behavioral addiction. Thus, because the experience of romantic love …

… love. Preliminary analysis showed activity specific to the beloved in related regions of the
reward system … view that romantic love is one of the three primary brain systems that evolved in …

… activated during feelings of romantic love. Our second prediction about the neural systems
involved in early-stage romantic love … with other goal and reward systems, such as the anterior …

… , that of romantic love, about which we report here. The activity in the brains of 17 subjects
who were deeply in love was … that there may be special systems or pathways for romantic love. …

… Pair Bond Initiation and Maintenance Model, which will provide researchers with a new
perspective on the function of the stress response system in romantic relationships. …