The science of love
Psychology, Science, Facts or Fiction, Education, Personal June 8th, 2008
Last night I spent my time browsing through the science pages of BBC’s web site.
There are so many interesting things to read about and I thought I should share some of those with you.
The Science of Love is one of the Hot Topics on BBC.CO.UK science section.
It basically breaks down love to chemicals and gives such a nice explanation about the 3 phases of falling in love: Lust, Attraction and Attachment.
There are 6 pages about this containing great information and it’s a must read.
The teaser:
- There are three phases to falling in love and different hormones are involved at each stage
- Events occurring in the brain when we are in love have similarities with mental illness
- When we are attracted to somebody, it could be because subconsciously we like their genes
- Smell could be as important as looks when it comes to the fanciability factor. We like the look and smell of people who are most like our parents
- Science can help determine whether a relationship will last
Source: BBC.CO.UK/Science
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