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    3.2 The Science of Love

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    The document discusses the science behind falling in love in 3 stages - lust, attraction, and attachment. It explains that in the initial attraction stage, neurotransmitters like adrenaline, dopamine, and serotonin are involved and cause one to constantly think about their new lover. Dopamine triggers intense pleasure and reward feelings. Low serotonin levels in new lovers are similar to those with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The attachment stage involves hormones like oxytocin and vasopressin which help cement the bond between couples and parents/children. A study found people could induce feelings of attraction through a 34 minute experiment focusing on communication styles.

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    The document discusses the science behind falling in love in 3 stages - lust, attraction, and attachment. It explains that in the initial attraction stage, neurotransmitters like adrenaline, dopamine, and serotonin are involved and cause one to constantly think about their new lover. Dopamine triggers intense pleasure and reward feelings. Low serotonin levels in new lovers are similar to those with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The attachment stage involves hormones like oxytocin and vasopressin which help cement the bond between couples and parents/children. A study found people could induce feelings of attraction through a 34 minute experiment focusing on communication styles.

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    The document discusses the science behind falling in love in 3 stages - lust, attraction, and attachment. It explains that in the initial attraction stage, neurotransmitters like adrenaline, dopamine, and serotonin are involved and cause one to constantly think about their new lover. Dopamine triggers intense pleasure and reward feelings. Low serotonin levels in new lovers are similar to those with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The attachment stage involves hormones like oxytocin and vasopressin which help cement the bond between couples and parents/children. A study found people could induce feelings of attraction through a 34 minute experiment focusing on communication styles.

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    The Science of Love

    Do we fall in love
    because we fall in
    love, or we fall in
    love because we
    are victims of our
    own mind?
    We fall in love with…

    • 55% is through body


    language
    • 38% is the tone and speed
    of their voice
    • Only 7% is through what
    they say
    Lust
    This is the first stage of love
    and is driven by the sex
    hormones testosterone and
    estrogen – in both men and
    women.
    Attraction

    This is the amazing time when you are


    truly love-struck and can think of little
    else. Scientists think that three main
    neurotransmitters are involved in this
    stage; adrenaline, dopamine and
    serotonin.
    Adrenaline

    The initial stages of falling for someone


    activates your stress response, increasing your
    blood levels of adrenalin and cortisol. This has
    the charming effect that when you
    unexpectedly bump into your new love, you
    start to sweat, your heart races and your mouth
    goes dry.
    Dopamine

    • Helen Fisher asked newly ‘love struck’ couples to have their


    brains examined and discovered they have high levels of the
    neurotransmitter dopamine. This chemical stimulates ‘desire
    and reward’ by triggering an intense rush of pleasure. It has
    the same effect on the brain as taking cocaine!

    • Fisher suggests “couples often show the signs of surging


    dopamine: increased energy, less need for sleep or food,
    focused attention and exquisite delight in smallest details of
    this novel relationship” .
    Serotonin

    And finally, serotonin. One of love's most


    important chemicals that may explain why
    when you’re falling in love, your new lover
    keeps popping into your thoughts.
    Dr Donatella Marazziti, a
    psychiatrist at the University
    of Pisa advertised for twenty
    couples who'd been madly in
    love for less than six months.
    She wanted to see if the brain
    mechanisms that cause you to
    constantly think about your
    lover, were related to the brain
    mechanisms of Obsessive-
    Compulsive Disorder.
    By analysing blood samples from the lovers, Dr
    Marazitti discovered that serotonin levels of new
    lovers were equivalent to the low serotonin
    levels of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
    patients.
    Love needs to be blind
    Attachment

    Attachment is the bond that keeps couples


    together long enough for them to have and
    raise children. Scientists think there might be
    two major hormones involved in this feeling of
    attachment; oxytocin and vasopressin.
    Oxytocin - The cuddle hormone

    • Oxytocin is a powerful hormone released by men and women


    during orgasm.

    • It probably deepens the feelings of attachment and makes


    couples feel much closer to one another after they have had sex.
    The theory goes that the more sex a couple has, the deeper their
    bond becomes.

    • Oxytocin also seems to help cement the strong bond between


    mum and baby and is released during childbirth. It is also
    responsible for a mum’s breast automatically releasing milk at
    the mere sight or sound of her young baby.
    Vasopressin

    • Vasopressin is another important hormone in


    the long-term commitment stage and is
    released after sex.
    How to fall
    in love?
    New York psychologist, Professor Arthur Arun,
    has been studying why people fall in love.
    He asked his subjects to carry out the 3 steps
    and found that many of his couples felt deeply
    attracted after the 34 minute experiment. Two
    of his subjects later got married.
    Don’t find love, let love
    find you. That’s why it’s
    called falling in love, you
    don’t force it you just fall.
    “Mahal ka. Hindi man sa paraan
    na gusto mo, pero sa paraang
    alam nila.”
    -Ms. Celine

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