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 has consequences for health and well-being. Engaging in joyful activities such as love
may activate areas in the brain responsible for emotion, attention, motivation and memory�…

For the present purpose, love is defined as one's having stimulation that one desires. The
nature of the stimulation can range on a continuum from the most abstract cognitive, to the�…

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�…

The biochemistry of love: an oxytocin hypothesis: Science & Society Series on Sex and
Science: EMBO reports: Vol 14, No 1 All EMBO Press journals Open Access as of 1 January�…

Review by Vincent J Felitti, MD hat is love, and why are some people unable to find it? What
is loneliness, and why does it hurt?” are the opening words of this important book. These�…

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

Men and women have a different attitude to love. Female emotion and logic centres in the
brain are more closely connected, there is less testosterone, and it is easier to assess�…

The evolution of the autonomic nervous system provides an organizing principle to interpret
the adaptive significance of mammalian affective processes including courting, 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�…