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Helen Fisher
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 31
Anthropologist
Scientist
Manhattan borough
New York City
Helen Fisher
Helen E Fisher
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We spend our lives trying to get along with people so we can keep our jobs, keep our marriages together, so that we can raise our kids properly.
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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 from the lips and tongue.
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Natural beauty really entices men. They will tell you this time and time again, and studies consistently prove it.
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You've got to remember that men are men and women are women. And although a lot of similarities, there are some real differences.
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What our grandmothers told us about playing hard to get is true. The whole point of the game is to impress and capture. It's not about honesty. Many men and women, when they're playing the courtship game, deceive so they can win. Novelty, excitement and danger drive up dopamine in the brain. And both sexes brag.
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You can really get poked in the back and not feel it very much, but just a feather around your lips and you really do feel it.
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Men tend to be hierarchical, but women are driven to make lateral connections so they can cooperate.
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Romantic love is one of the most addictive substances on Earth.
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Despite the myth that men are less committed, they are predisposed to desire marriage.
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Keep an open heart. We are wired to find love.
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High heels can literally raise your status because you're taller when you wear them.
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Scientists know that women gravitate to men who have a different immune system from theirs.
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As social animals, we need to exchange juicy tales about someone - to connect with one another. For millions of years our forebears must have sat around the campfire, whispering about everyone they knew.
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Women like signs of money and education - things that indicate that not only is this guy going to have some resources, but he's also willing to share them.
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Women apparently are quite drawn to men who have differences rather than similarities in their histocompatibility system. They pick it up by smell, and they can pick it up from kissing.
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Women have never been as interesting as they are now. Not at any time on this planet have women been so educated, so interesting, so capable.
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Neither gender is routinely more jealous - although women are more willing to work to win back a lover, while men tend to flaunt their money and status and are more likely to walk out to protect their self-esteem or save face.
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I've always maintained that men were more romantic than women.
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The human brain is built to compare it's Darwinian to consider an alternative when one presents itself.
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Men have a psychological need to show off their courage and strength. When he sees you talking to another guy, that instinct kicks in and he jumps to protect you and prove he's worthy of your love.
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