When you see someone you have an initial attraction to, what is happening in the brain? And how does that change when you are in a long-term, serious relationship with someone? Falling in love can not ...

Love’s got people literally losing their minds. Folks who obsess over their romantic partners — also known as “love addiction” — were more likely to report brain fog, memory problems and trouble ...

Researchers now have a better idea where love resides in the human brain -- and which types of love are the most powerful. MRI scans show that love mainly resides in areas of the brain associated with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Words often fail to describe how fervent of a force love is—in ...

Source: John Graner, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, public domain "Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind" — William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream Can neuroscience, ...

Your heart pounds, thoughts obsess over one person, and rational thinking flies out the window. Love doesn’t just feel like a drug – your brain literally processes it like one. Understanding this ...

"In parental love, there was activation deep in the brain's reward system in the striatum area while imagining love, and this was not seen for any other kind of love," says Rinne. Love for romantic ...