The human brain is built to compare; it's Darwinian to consider an alternative when one presents itself.
Helen Fisher
Any kind of novelty or excitement drives up dopamine in the brain, and dopamine is associated with romantic love.
Experiences shape the brain, but the brain shapes the way we view experiences, too.
Blushing is thought to be linked to increased levels of norepinephrine in the brain, which may be associated with romantic feelings. It signals that... →
When you look at the brain regions associated with picking up data from the body, a huge amount of the brain is devoted to picking up information... →
The brain was not built to walk into a bar, where you know nobody, and start a conversation. That's not the way humanity has courted.
There are cognitive processes and limbic reactions associated with basic emotions. And you can change brain chemistry, but you're still not going... →
You fall in love with somebody who fits within what I call your 'love map,' an unconscious list of traits that you build in childhood as you... →
My brain doesn't like to be quiet.
Dan Fogler
I had a Tourette's period. And obsessive compulsive disorder. Things would get in my brain that I couldn't get out of my brain.
Richard Ford