There's every reason to think SSRIs blunt your ability to fall and stay in love.
From Helen Fisher
There are cognitive processes and limbic reactions associated with basic emotions. And you can change brain chemistry, but you're still not going to change memories and experiences in a human being.
Romantic love allows you to focus mating energy. Attachment sustains that relationship as long as necessary to raise your baby.
People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies.
Of all the foods we share, there is nothing more primordial than meat. It's no surprise that meat-eaters still want a partner who will give, receive and share this primordial symbol of a budding partnership.
The women's movement is just a symptom of basic changes in the economy that are favoring women.
Any kind of novelty or excitement drives up dopamine in the brain, and dopamine is associated with romantic love.
When chimps threaten, they open their mouth and show their teeth. It's a little like waving a knife in front of you. It's very primitive, and therefore bizarre.
I've always maintained that men were more romantic than women.
The Internet lets women use words, which is their natural tool. Little girls speak in more complex, grammatical sentences than little boys do, and women never lose that superiority in verbal ability.
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