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
evoking one of the most overwhelming of all affective states, that of romantic love, about
which we report here. The activity in the brains of 17 subjects who were deeply in love was
scanned using fMRI, while they viewed pictures of their partners, and compared with the
activity produced by viewing pictures of three friends of similar age, sex and duration of�…