A Joosr Guide to... Why We Love by Helen Fisher: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love

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Why do we love? Discover the origins of romantic love, track its journey through time, and learn how the body produces passionate feelings of sexual attraction-and how deeper, more meaningful connections are formed.

Why We Love is a compelling investigation into the evolution of the human desire to love. It investigates which areas of the brain control feelings of love, and why love is a universal human experience. Understand why being in love induces such a euphoric high, as well as why heartbreak causes such intense pain, as you begin to recognize the scientific workings behind this powerful emotion.

You will learn:

· How humans developed the desire to love

· How we choose who we fall in love with

· Why love, like thirst, is a biological drive that we need to survive.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joosr
• Release date: Jun 20, 2016
• ISBN: 9781785673306

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What’s it about?

Love has started wars and taken lives; it’s also inspired peace and evoked the finest works of art. It is seemingly the most powerful, pervasive emotion that human beings are capable of. But what is love? How do we choose who we fall in love with? And why do we sometimes continue to love those who don’t love us in return?

In Why We Love, the answers to these age-old questions are explored as author Helen Fisher seeks to scientifically understand the universal phenomenon that is love. Presented is Fisher’s theory of three core brain systems that human beings developed for mating and reproduction, which compose what we now think of as romantic love. This is a groundbreaking explanation of the evolutionary reasonings behind love, exploring why the three components of love developed, which purposes they serve, and how each of them is stimulated.

If you’ve ever wondered why you feel the way you do in the presence of a partner, this book will help you understand the chemical reactions in the brain that produce the sensations and behaviors associated with romantic love. You will also learn whether or not it’s possible to trick yourself into experiencing romantic feelings by stimulating certain areas of the brain, and precisely why having a broken heart is so agonizingly painful.

By unraveling the mysteries