# Why we love, why we cheat

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2006
- Speaker: Helen Fisher
- Year: 2006
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/helen_fisher_why_we_love_why_we_cheat)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Anthropologist Helen Fisher takes on a tricky topic – love – and explains its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its social importance. She closes with a warning about the potential disaster inherent in antidepressant abuse.

## Lectures

1. [Why we love, why we cheat](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/helen_fisher_why_we_love_why_we_cheat/eab3d50ef98b), 24 min (TED's player)