Science reveals brain’s love circuit

 
By The Associated Press
Published: February 12, 2009

WASHINGTON — Like any young woman in love, Bianca Acevedo has exchanged valentine hearts with her fiance.

But the New York neuroscientist knows better. The source of love is in the head, not the heart.

She’s one of the researchers in a relatively new field focused on explaining the biology of love. And the unpoetic explanation is that love mostly can be understood through brain images, hormones a...


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