Why We Love
by Helen Fisher
Fisher's brain-scan research on romantic love: dopamine, obsession, rejection, and love as a drive rather than an emotion. Readable science with a hopeful final chapter.
Read it if…
you want to know what is happening in your brain when you fall in love.
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Skip it if…
you want relationship skills.
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Three things you will actually use
- Love is a drive, like hunger.
- Rejection activates craving circuits.
- Novelty sustains romance.
Do this first
Read the chapter on rejection if you are heartbroken.
Our verdict
Romantic love, scanned.
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