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People compose poetry, novels, sitcoms - for love.

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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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The human brain is built to compare it's Darwinian to consider an alternative when one presents itself.
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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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Keep an open heart. We are wired to find love.
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I was married and divorced at 23.
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Whether you're married or not, relationships - and the satisfaction tied to them - are extremely important for increasing men's and women's quality of life.
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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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As women in industrial societies join the paid workforce, they gain the economic means to depart unhappy marriages more easily.
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Blushing is thought to be linked to increased levels of norepinephrine in the brain, which may be associated with romantic feelings. It signals that we are interested and excited, which is attractive to men.
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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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Scientists know that women gravitate to men who have a different immune system from theirs.
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Women are very attracted to a low voice because it's linked to testosterone, which for millions of years was a sign that men had very good spacial skills and would have been very good at hunting and finding their way back home.
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People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies.
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At first I assumed hate was the opposite of love. But it isn't. The opposite of love is indifference.
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From my studies of genetics and neuroscience I have come to believe that people fall into four broad personality types - each influenced by a different brain chemical: I call them the Explorer, Builder, Director, and Negotiator.
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Romantic love is an addiction.
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A woman of 40 or 50 or 60 can take estrogen replacements, get facelifts, spend her money in bars.
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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.
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Hair that looks like it's been naturally sun-bleached makes you seem youthful, like you spend a lot of time outdoors. And that appeals to most people.
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People live for love. They kill for love. They die for love. They have songs, poems, novels, sculptures, paintings, myths, legends. It's one of the most powerful brain systems on Earth for both great joy and great sorrow.
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Despite the myth that men are less committed, they are predisposed to desire marriage.
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