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  • Love and madness: not that different

    :) Scientifically speaking: To be madly in love might be exactly that--madness. The term "lovesick" is surprisingly accurate, claims a cover story in this month's National Geographic magazine, citing research published over the last several years. Voles, small rodents whose... more

    Reviewed by VanG Jan 20 2007, 09:54am ( 9 reviews ) world-science.net

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  • Reviewed by murmur55 on Feb 12 2009, 3:06pm

    helen fisher has an interesting TED talk on this subject...
  • Rated by Daphoenus on Feb 03 2007, 7:11pm

    Love and obsessive-compulsive disorder could have a similar chemical profile:low levels of the brain chemical serotonin. Thus, love and mental illness may behard to tell apart. Somehow, I'm not surprised.
  • Rated by terrie212 on Jan 26 2007, 7:20pm

    Doing novel things together triggers dopamine in the brain, stimulating feelings of attraction. So first encounters that involve a nerve-wracking activity,like riding a roller coaster, are more likely to lead people to pursuea relationship.
  • Rated by VanG on Jan 20 2007, 9:54am

    :) Scientifically speaking: To be madly in love might be exactly that--madness. The term "lovesick" is surprisingly accurate, claims a cover story in this month's National Geographic magazine, citing research published over the last several years. Voles, small rodents whose mating systems have been extensively studied. Some of the same brain regions and genes are thought to be involved in vole attraction and human love. (Courtesy U.S. Department of Agriculture) People experiencing romantic love have a chemical profile in their brains similar to that of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, noted the author, psychologist Lauren Slater.
  • Rated by CloneZero on Dec 07 2006, 10:52am

    There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. ~~Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), "On Reading and Writing"