Attachment figures activate a safety signal-related neural region and reduce pain experience

NI Eisenberger, SL Master, TK Inagaki…�- Proceedings of the�…, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Although it has long been hypothesized that attachment figures provide individuals with a
sense of safety and security, the neural mechanisms underlying attachment-induced safety�…

[BOOK][B] Intimate relationships

RS Miller, D Perlman, SS Brehm - 2007 - ereserve.library.utah.edu
Intimate relationships/Rowland S. Miller...[et al.].-4th ed. p. cm.-(The McGraw-Hill series in
social psychology) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-07�…

Cooperation in lovers: an f NIRS‐based hyperscanning study

Y Pan, X Cheng, Z Zhang, X Li, Y Hu�- Human brain mapping, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated interactive exchange in lovers and the associated interpersonal
brain synchronization (IBS) using functional near‐infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)‐based�…

Oxytocin enhances brain reward system responses in men viewing the face of their female partner

D Scheele, A Wille, KM Kendrick…�- Proceedings of the�…, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
The biological mechanisms underlying long-term partner bonds in humans are unclear. The
evolutionarily conserved neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) is associated with the formation of�…

Oxytocin during the initial stages of romantic attachment: relations to couples' interactive reciprocity

I Schneiderman, O Zagoory-Sharon…�- …, 2012 - Elsevier
Romantic relationships can have a profound effect on adults' health and well-being whereas
the inability to maintain intimate bonds has been associated with physical and emotional�…

[HTML][HTML] A functional neuro-anatomical model of human attachment (NAMA): Insights from first-and second-person social neuroscience

M Long, W Verbeke, T Ein-Dor, P Vrtička�- cortex, 2020 - Elsevier
Attachment theory, developed by Mary Ainsworth and John Bowlby about seventy years
ago, has become one of the most influential and comprehensive contemporary psychology�…

The self-expansion model of motivation and cognition in close relationships

A Aron, GW Lewandowski Jr, D Mashek…�- The Oxford handbook�…, 2013 - books.google.com
This chapter surveys the self-expansion model as it relates to romantic, familial, and other
close relationships. First, we discuss how the model can be expressed as two related but�…

[HTML][HTML] The role of the striatum in social behavior

R B�ez-Mendoza, W Schultz�- Frontiers in neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Where and how does the brain code reward during social behavior? Almost all elements of
the brain's reward circuit are modulated during social behavior. The striatum in particular is�…

Food reward system: current perspectives and future research needs

M Alonso-Alonso, SC Woods, M Pelchat…�- Nutrition�…, 2015 - academic.oup.com
This article reviews current research and cross-disciplinary perspectives on the
neuroscience of food reward in animals and humans, examines the scientific hypothesis of�…

[BOOK][B] Anatomy of love: A natural history of mating, marriage, and why we stray (completely revised and updated with a new introduction)

H Fisher - 2016 - books.google.com
A contemporary classic about love now completely revised and updated. From love at first
sight and infidelity to hook-up culture and “slow love,” Dr. Helen Fisher, the biological�…