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

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�…

Humans belong to a minority of mammalian species that exhibit monogamous pair‐bonds,
thereby enabling biparental care of offspring. The high reward value of interpersonal�…

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�…

Introduction Brain imaging is becoming a powerful tool in the study of human cerebral
functions related to close personal relationships. Outside of subcortical structures�…

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�…

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�…

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�…

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

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�…