"Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die for it?"
To learn more about our very real, very physical need for romantic love, Helen Fisher and her research team took MRIs of people in love — and people who had just been dumped.
Anthropologist Helen Fisher studies gender differences and the evolution of human emotions, but she's best known as an expert on romantic love. Her beautifully penned books — including Anatomy of Love and Why We Love — lay bare the mysteries of our most treasured emotion.
Back in 2008, Fisher opened our minds to the biology of love during an infamous TedTalk "The Brain In Love." She discussed research that suggested that love had a similar effect on the brain as cocaine: both effected the reward center, but, in her opinion, love was even more addictive because of the obsessiveness associated with it.
Now, Fisher shares her more recent research on the matter, bringing new and interesting questions to the table. Why do we love who we love?
The beginning of the video touches on a lot of the points she has made throughout the years, particularly her 2008 TedTalk. The rest, however, adds to the discussion and the studies associated with love.
Check out the video below to find out more:
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