Love at first sight: what does the science say?

BBVA Aprendemos Juntos · Nov 5, 2019 · 43m

Why do we fall in love? The neurobiologist and anthropologist, Helen Fisher, began studying love scientifically using brain scans in her research on 49 men and women. Some of the group were madly in love, while others had been rejected. Shortly thereafter, individuals who continued to be in love after three decades of marriage were included in the sample of research subjects. According to Fisher’s conclusions, the human brain has developed three cerebral systems related to relationships: romantic love, sexual attraction, and affection – or attachment: “Love can start of with any of these…