Neuroscience of Love: Your Brain On Love

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What really happens to our brains when we fall in #love?

Love, an insanely positive feeling of elation. Such a profound feeling yet words fail us when it comes to describing being in love. All of us have experienced this euphoric feeling at some point of time in our lives. Haven’t we all felt those Butterflies in stomach, overwhelming joy in our hearts and bliss in mind… as if we are high on something! The way we describe being in love sounds awfully similar to what drug users describe Ecstasy high or Marijuana high!

What is love and what really happens inside our brains when we fall in love?

I. Philosophical perspective

What is love? Well..depends on whom you ask…For centuries, talking about love was Philosophers domain. Many writers, philosophers, artists, and musicians have described indescribable love, but ended up making it even more enigmatic.

In the east, religions have had a huge influence on the concept of love. At a times, blurring lines between…