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Why we love : the nature and chemistry of romantic love / Helen Fisher
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TextPublication details: New York, Henry Holt and Company, ©2004Edition: First editionDescription: xiii, 301 pages : illustrations ; cm. cmISBN: - 0965920534
- 0805069135
- 9780805069136
- 0805077960
- 9780805077964
- ARCH YNDC 152.41 F533W 22
- BF575.L8 F53 2004
- 2004 C-216
- BF 575.L8
Contents:
Summary: A study of the origins of love probes the human brain for insights into the origins of the sex drive, romance, and attraction, while offering advice on how to channel these desires into healthy pursuits
"What wild ecstasy": being in love -- Animal magnetism: love among the animals -- Chemistry of love: scanning the brain "in love" -- Web of love: lust, romance, and attachment -- "That first fine careless rapture": who we choose -- Why we love: the evolution of romantic love -- Lost love: rejection, despair, and rage -- Taking control of passion: making romance last -- "The madness of the Gods": the triumph of love -- Appendix
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| ARCH YNDC 151 B745T Three chapters on the nature of mind | ARCH YNDC 152 G778C Consciousness : creeping up on the hard problem / | ARCH YNDC 152.4 O54P The paradox of the world / | ARCH YNDC 152.41 F533W Why we love : the nature and chemistry of romantic love / | ARCH YNDC 153 B738M The mind-brain identity theory: a collection of papers; | ARCH YNDC 153 C319C Consciousness : essays from a higher-order perspective / | ARCH YNDC 153 C319C Consciousness : essays from a higher-order perspective / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-286) and index
"What wild ecstasy": being in love -- Animal magnetism: love among the animals -- Chemistry of love: scanning the brain "in love" -- Web of love: lust, romance, and attachment -- "That first fine careless rapture": who we choose -- Why we love: the evolution of romantic love -- Lost love: rejection, despair, and rage -- Taking control of passion: making romance last -- "The madness of the Gods": the triumph of love -- Appendix
A study of the origins of love probes the human brain for insights into the origins of the sex drive, romance, and attraction, while offering advice on how to channel these desires into healthy pursuits
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