I thought this would be the perfect article on Valentine’s day.
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People all over the world describe falling in love in similar terms: euphoria, exhilaration, elation. Anthropologist Helen Fisher, author of “Why We Love,” studied the brain circuitry that makes falling in love the intense, passionate emotion it is. She found that the brain sees romantic love as a reward, stimulating activity in the same areas that light up when a person seeks any kind of a reward, whether it’s chocolate, money or drugs….
