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The brain in love

Helen Fisher · TED

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About

Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die for it? To learn more about our very real, very physical need for romantic love, Helen Fisher and her research team took MRIs of people in love -- and people who had just been dumped.

The talk

  1. The brain in love 16 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2008
Speaker
Helen Fisher
Year
2008
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Psychology and the brain, Literature and writing
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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