In Your Head: This Is Your Brain On Love

This Is Your Brain On Love
Love - Man head silhouette with hearts instead of brain
Love - Man head silhouette with hearts instead of brain

They don’t call love a drug for nothing. When we fall for someone, our brains release a cocktail of chemicals, creating feelings of euphoria and pleasure and (if all goes well) closeness and comfort. That complex organ inside our head is hardwired to want love and keep love at all costs—a response that has been crucial to the survival of our species.

Curious what that hardwiring looks like? Here’s what happens in your brain at six stages of romantic love.

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