New discoveries of love

The following interesting research will help you understand more about love issues.

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Albert Einstein once said that the first love is a biological phenomenon that humans cannot explain in terms of science and chemistry. And none of us affirm that they understand love.

However, researchers still try to find solutions to the concepts of love from a neuroscience.

1. People are more likely to be addicted to drugs when using stone drugs

When people think about 'people' - especially when they are new - ventral tegmental area (VTA) , people will work hard and release a large amount of neurotransmitters called dopamine ( a kind of pleasure.

As a result, people in love always feel 'fly' like they are using anesthetic and they are addicted to this dreamy feeling.

Meanwhile, the amount of hormones norepinephrine in the lover's brain has also increased significantly, causing a sense of stress, increasing blood pressure and heart rate, which are no different when people use stimulants. like drug kick.

2. Instead of happiness, love causes suffering

An Italian study has shown that new lovers have signs of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

This is a chronic psychological disorder, the most common sign is that patients often have obsessive thoughts about something and must perform compulsive behaviors to relieve stress. People with OCD can wash their hands continuously or constantly check if the door is closed to feel anxious.

Instead of bringing happiness and happiness, love actually makes you more miserable. The characteristic manifestation of OCD is decreased brain neurotransmitter serotonin.

The subjects with serotonin levels were 40% lower than single friends of the same age. Serotonin is a substance that helps people control themselves from fear of uncertainty and instability.

When this substance decreases, the ability to master our situation is markedly reduced, we easily feel confused and insecure. But love is inherently unpredictable, so when it comes to love, people are easily obsessed.

3. Love makes people "dose"

Many people know that the prefrontal cortex is responsible for the control of reasoning, reasoning and human control. However, this area of ​​the brain will work poorly when we love.

At the same time, amygdala nuclear nodes are located in the center of the brain, which plays a role in controlling the reaction of the brain every time there is danger. As a result, people are willing to risk doing dangerous things that normally never do.

4. Men may love a person, but desire to go to bed with others

Love and sexual desire seem to be irrelevant but there are many similarities in the neural response of the brain. They all bring a sense of pleasure, addiction and affect many parts of the brain. However, they are different enough to make us love a person but want to have sex with another person.

Over time, the difference between love and desire becomes even more obvious. The ventral pallidum region in people who have long been in love with each other is more active. This brain region contains a lot of Oxytocin and Vasopressin - two substances that determine attachment and faithfulness, lasting for a long time.

5. Men don't just love with their eyes

The visual cortex of men in love is more powerful than women. Therefore, men who love eyes often 'work' more positively than normal.

One study found that the frequency of men 'love at first sight' was higher than that of women because men often followed the signs of the body and women needed time to build trust in the other half.

However, an Israeli survey showed that only 10% of respondents said their long-term relationship began in this way because of the exception of exceptions. Scientists think that love means that two people need time to learn and know the other person instead of being "sucked" together immediately.

So don't be disappointed if the first date is not successful. Psychologists believe that, when two people interact more, they will feel the enemy more attractive and intelligent. That's why giving love more than an opportunity to understand the other half.

6. Women remember the details better when they love

The hippocampus hippocampus is a prefrontal area closely related to human memory. When women love, this area of ​​the brain will be more active than men. Not only that, the area of ​​the hippocampus in the weaker faction is larger than that of the male. Therefore, women often pay attention and remember the details better when they are in love.

7. Looking at each other passionately is the magic of love

Infants and women share a common point: both consider eye contact as the best means of emotional connection. When lovers are in love, they often give each other glamorous looks, this action is not merely a romantic element of couple love, but also has a biological basis. Eyes and smiles are the perfect couple in love.

The voice has the second power behind the eyes. Human voices convey more information than we think and have the ability to create emotional bridges between the two.

8. Being more faithful by injecting drugs

Scientists have worked hard to study monogamy and polygamy of hamsters because they reflect almost exactly human relationships.

As a result, the researchers found that hamsters live only with a mate, while the mice live in the mountains in a 'polygamy' or 'polygon' mode. The important point that makes the difference between these two species lies in the genes and the more surprising point is that they have the same genome up to 99%.

When the researchers injected the oxytocin and vasopressin into mountain rats, from a multiple-sex cohort, they switched to being faithful to only one subject.

Currently, science is still uncertain about whether the effects will be similar to humans, but the initial steps have been satisfactory if applied only in a short time. Two other studies have shown that men who receive oxytocin will temporarily become more sympathetic, sensitive and gentle.

9. Women and men can be friends

Recent research shows that men and women can be friends, but the emotional ability is above the level of friendship always lurking and ready to threaten the relationship between two opposite sexes.

To test the viability of male-female friendship, the researchers invited 88 couples and conducted a follow-up. As a result, the experts discovered a big difference between the views of women and men about heterosexual friendship.

Men are often attracted to their friend and blindly believe that the other person has similar feelings. Meanwhile, women also blindly believe that their opponents can keep their friendship with them because normally, the weaker sex does not feel disturbed by the male friends they have classified as 'friendship zone' ( friendzone).

This result shows that compared to women, men often find it more difficult to 'we just make friends'. The reason comes from the two sides having different views on the friendship between men and women.