Love: A backlash in the brain

A study in the United States found that the reaction in the brain of a loved one is like a trance state when using drugs.

On February 14, Vietnam News Agency reported a study published on the Health section of the Wall Street Journal (USA). This is a study of the nerves of people in love, conducted by Anthropologist Helen Fisher of Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA.

Dr. H. Fisher used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to monitor brain responses of 15 volunteers. They were shown pictures of people they knew but did not love and pictures of the people they loved. The results showed that the reaction in the brain when they looked at the image of the lover was very similar to the state of delusion when using drugs.

What Dr. Fisher draws is that, in people who are in love, the reaction of the nervous system is very strong. " Everything that happens in the brains of people in love is a chemical reaction, " the researcher said.

Meanwhile, the results of researches in Italy also show that the composition and blood volume of the brains of " sex workers" have many similarities . with those infected. nerve!

Scientists said that the finding opened up the prospect of improving interpersonal relations, including " rekindling the flames of romance " by couples as the first time they met.

Ng. Lan