This article evaluates a thesis containing three interconnected propositions. First, romantic
love is a “commitment device” for motivating pair-bonding in humans. Second, pair-bonding�…

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�…

The authors review the theory of romantic, or pair-bond, attachment as it was originally
formulated by C. Hazan and PR Shaver in 1987 and describe how it has evolved over more�…

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�…

For years, the brain has been viewed as a relatively static entity, determined by the
interaction of genetic preprogramming and early childhood experience. In contrast to this�…

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�…

An update to the classic text that links neuroscience and human behavior in the context of
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" If you want flashes and particular experiences of romantic love, read novels. If you want to
understand this central quality of human nature to its roots, read Why We Love."—Edward O�…

Proposing that the algorithms of social life are acquired as a domain-based process, the
author offers distinctions between social domains preparing the individual for proximity�…

The authors explored the contribution of individual differences in attachment orientations to
the experience of sexual intercourse and its association with relationship quality. In Study 1�…