The neuroscience of "crazy in love"
What love does to the brain
We associate feelings of love with cute hearts and the physical organ the heart, but much of what we experience is in the brain.
The image below shows areas of brain activation for maternal love and romantic love. Both types of love activate the striatum, which is involved in the production of dopamine (a neurotransmitter i…
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