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�…

Scientists have described myriad traits in mammalian and avian species that evolved to
attract mates. But the brain mechanisms by which conspecifics become attracted to these�…

This paper proposes that mammals exhibit three primary emotion categories for mating and
reproduction:(1) the sex drive, or lust, characterized by the craving for sexual gratification;(2)�…

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

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�…

Mammals and birds regularly express mate preferences and make mate choices. Data on
mate choice among mammals suggest that this behavioural 'attraction system'is associated�…

Throughout history, artists, poets, and writers have been interested in the nature of
passionate love, sexual desire, and sexual behavior. In the 1960s, social psychologists and�…

Drawing on the power of evolutionary theory to explain behavior across cultures and
species, particularly in the domains of sex and reproduction, evolutionary psychology has�…

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�…