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Love is…
“Tell me why the stars do shine, Tell me why the ivy twines, Tell me what makes skies so blue, And I'll tell you why I love you.
Nuclear fusion makes stars to shine, Tropisms make the ivy twine, Raleigh scattering make skies so blue, Testicular hormones are why I love you. ”
― Isaac Asimov
We have three types of love
1. Romantic love
2. Sexual drive
3. Long term attachment
Or this is only stages of one LOVE ))
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Today we are concentrating on romantic love
Anyway, today is St. Valentine’s Day
What is love?
Or…
Something magical…
Love as it is seen by neuroscientists
Some words to learnNeuron – a cell of nervous system.
Neurons contact each other by means of special molecules – mediators.
Neuron №1 Neuron №2
Mediator
Mediators can be different
End each mediator has its special function:
Everything which we do or feel is because of mediators: sleep, move, feel, think, LOVE
Love is real: evidence 1Animals do feel love (at least some of them).
For example elephants.
Elephants are in love with each other for 5 days
And another examples:
Some species of rodents (грызуны) can feel love too.
At least for 30 seconds.
And definitely human beings can love.
Evidence 2Our brain and whole organism are changingwhen we feel love
The first symptom of love is…
“special meaning”Not only the sweetheart…
…but everything connected with him (her) seems absolutely unique!
• That is because of dopamine
When we fall in love, we can:
walk all night long…without any sleep
That because of dopamine
too!
We feel euphoric!
That because of dopamine again!Dopamine is a really amazing mediator!
We think about him (or her) every minute, every second of every day…
• That is because of serotonin:
Another changes:
The heart pounding
The sweaty palm syndrome
That’s probably high norepinephrine in the brain
So the mediators of love are:
• Dopamine -
• Serotonine
• Norepinephrine
thinking about sweetheart
special meaning
everything else
Is Eternal Love possible?
Fortunately, from scientific point of view, it is =)At least for someone.
Long-term romantic love?Yes And not at all
But commonly, yes ;)
Romantic love as intensive as in the beginning of relationship is inachievable =(
But romantic feelings… yes, they are possible!
What do we have to do to keep love?
Science says the only thing we need is dopamine
?
Where can we get it?
Pharmacy?
Definitely, not!
Can I have a piece of
dopamine?
Does this recommendation help you?
• Just take up something new together
It’s much simpler!
It's a piece of cake ))))))))))
And your dopamine level will grow!
The happy end of our dream ))))
So what is love?As scientists we can tell that love is definitely something magical
Some magical feelings which have a particular physiological basis
Enjoy!
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