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Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die for it? To
learn more about our very real, very physical need for romantic love, Helen
Fisher and her research team took MRIs of people in love -- and people who
had just been dumped.
Helen Fisher's courageous investigations of romantic love -- its evolution,
its biochemical foundations and its vital importance to human society -- are
informing and transforming the way we understand ourselves. Fisher
describes love as a universal human drive (stronger than the sex drive;
stronger than thirst or hunger; stronger perhaps than the will to live), and
her many areas of inquiry shed light on timeless human mysteries, like why
we choose one partner over another.
Almost unique among scientists, Fisher explores the science of love without
losing a sense of romance: Her work frequently invokes poetry, literature
and art -- along with scientific findings -- helping us appreciate our love
affair with love itself. In her research, and in books such as Anatomy of
Love, Why We Love, and her latest work Why Him? Why Her?: How to Find and
Keep Lasting Love, Fisher looks at questions with real impact on modern life
. Her latest research raises serious concerns about the widespread, long-
term use of antidepressants, which may undermine our natural process of
attachment by tampering with hormone levels in the brain.
"In hands as skilled and sensitive as Fisher's, scientific analysis of
love only adds to its magic."
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