Loves, loves not – a question that is usually addressed to a daisy, fortune-telling about feelings. I love, I do not love – a question that science will answer. These 10 manifestations of love will help to understand feelings.
Thirst for relationships
It is logical that lovers look for ways to be with each other and plan a common future. And scientists from Harvard also discovered that the desire to be with a loved one at the neurochemical level is in many ways similar to basic needs. Participants in the experiment were asked to look at a loved one and think about feelings – the processes in the brain were monitored using MRI. The conclusion was predictable: romantic feelings allow humanity to reproduce and, therefore, survive.
Emotional instability
Insomnia, loss of appetite, increased heart rate and other ambiguous manifestations of love are usually romanticized. However, scientists believe that mood swings due to failures on the love front resemble the behavior of drug addicts. Researchers have come to the conclusion that love is a form of addiction and when the object of romantic interest disappears, people may experience withdrawal symptoms.
Synchronization of interests
A 2013 study confirmed that opposites attract. Different personality types do often form alliances: emotionally reserved, analytical people traditionally choose sensitive, caring partners who seek the meaning of life, and vice versa. At the same time, falling in love often leads to one of the partners adjusting their interests to the other – this is not about prohibitions and disagreements, but about the natural desire to have more in common with the loved one.
Sense of ownership
Researchers from India studied the mechanism of the “love hormone”. Experts suggest that people feel jealousy thanks to oxytocin. Probably, in the past, the feeling of ownership contributed to the cohesion of a couple up to conception. Evolution turned a prosaic goal into a sublime one: modern people, being in a romantic relationship, have a biological need to concentrate their sexual energy on one person