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�…

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�…

Love is a complex neurobiological phenomenon, relying on trust, belief, pleasure and
reward activities within the brain, ie, limbic processes. These processes critically involve�…

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

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 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�…

" 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�…

This paper reviews the evolutionary history and biology of love and marriage. It examines
the current and imminent possibilities of biological manipulation of lust, attraction and�…

This book is woven around two themes—biology and love. It is also about how people see
love: how the lovers see each other, and how scientists, scholars, and laypeople have seen�…