The science of love - just like cocaine
To all of us, love is above all that warming feeling we feel deep within ourselves when we see the loved one. But what is behind it?
According to this video clip of ASAPScience, the way love works can be explained and strictly scientific. The whole process seems a bit more complicated than we think.
Although we often associate love with the heart, its true magic can be observed in the brain. Perhaps you will not be surprised especially by the fact that the gray matter of a loved one is much like a person who has taken cocaine.
In humans, cocaine overflows the center of pleasure in the brain with the neurotransmitter dopamine, which is basically associated with pleasant sensations, such as the satisfaction of hunger, thirst or sex. Under normal circumstances neurotransmitters like dopamine are secreted from the active brain cells, which are then absorbed back. Cocaine blocks this process by forcing the nerves to release them tirelessly while consuming available supplies. It is this excessive stimulation of the center of pleasure that causes the cocaine intoxication.
In other words, you feel much better away.
We observe the same in the brains of lovers. On the one hand, cocaine and love make you feel good. On the other hand, everything you experience makes the pleasure centers much easier. It is for this reason that you not only fall in love with the opposite person but begin to build a romantic idea of the world around you. Even more interesting in this case is that the nearby centers responsible for pain become less active. Ie. fewer things are harassing you and worrying.
In simple terms - we love to be in love.
What chemicals do they do to make this reality? Both during orgasm and when we look at pictures of your beloved person, dopamine and noradrenaline penetrate our brain from the ventral region of the middle brain. Not only does this lead to sexual arousal, it also gives you the motivation and the longing to be with the man as much as possible.
Romantic love is not pure emotion. It is an aspiration coming from the engine of consciousness. And this engine makes us in a better mood, more focused and full of energy. The pleasure centers are part of the brain reward system. If you are stimulating this region as you learn, the process of learning new knowledge becomes much easier as it is fun and perceived as a reward.
We also notice a tide of the neuromodulator oxytocin in the parvoventricular nucleus. Sometimes it is called the "neuromodulator of devotion" as it helps to build relationships or attachment among mammals. When they inject rodents with either oxytocin or vasopressin, they will immediately find a partner to pair with.
Last but not least, research shows that serotonin levels in lovers are much lower. The same is observed in those suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Perhaps that is what makes us obsessive and deeply engaged in the early stages of love.
However unbelievable, the areas associated with intense romantic love can remain active for decades. Although there are many other physiological and psychological ingredients involved, the truth is that science knows little about why or how love works.
Source: PsychCentral.com
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