Why We Love The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love

Name: Why We Love The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love
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ISBN: 9780805077964

ISBN-10: 0805077960

ISBN-13: 9780805077964

Edition: 2004

Authors: Helen Fisher

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"If you want flashes and particular experiences of romantic love, read novels. If you want to understand this central quality of human nature to its roots, read Why We Love." —Edward O. Wilson In Why We Love, renowned anthropologist Helen Fisher offers a new map of the phenomenon of love—from its origins in the brain to the thrilling havoc it creates in our bodies and behavior. Working with a team of scientists to scan the brains of people who had just fallen madly in love, Fisher proved what psychologists had until recently only suspected: when you fall in love, specific areas of the brain "light up" with increased blood flow. This sweeping new book uses this data to argue that…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 1/2/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.15" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.638

Helen Fisher, PhD is a Research Professor and member of the Center for Human Evolution Studies in the Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University. She has conducted extensive research and written books on the evolution and future of human sex, love, marriage, gender differences in the brain and how your personality type shapes who you are and who you love.



To the Reader



"What Wild Ecstasy": Being in Love



Animal Magnetism: Love among the Animals



Chemistry of Love: Scanning the Brain "in Love"



Web of Love: Lust, Romance, and Attachment



"That First Fine Careless Rapture": Who We Choose



Why We Love: The Evolution of Romantic Love



Lost Love: Rejection, Despair, and Rage



Taking Control of Passion: Making Romance Last



"The Madness of the Gods": The Triumph of Love


Appendix


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index