Their study, published in the journal Nature, builds on previous research ... everything we do is the result of some brain activity. Prairie voles don't fall in love in the same way humans do ...

Professors and therapists Richard Schwartz and Jacqueline Olds from Harvard Medical School investigated the connection between areas of the brain and love. “We know that primitive areas of the ...

Studies show that when these animals pair up, the brain’s reward system is similarly activated, triggering the release of dopamine. “Romantic love does not emanate from your cerebral cortex ...

according to a new study that claims it's your brain and not your heart that makes you fall in love Stephanie Ortigue at Syracuse University said that falling in love can elicit not only the same ...

"The function of play is to build pro-social brains, social brains that know how to interact with others in positive ways," Panksepp says. Panksepp has studied this process in rats, which love to ...

It's the brain's dopamine system, which rewards us with feelings of pleasure. The dopamine system becomes active in people when they look at someone they love or a favorite food, Allen says.