This document discusses love and bonding from a neuroscience perspective. It outlines the brain regions and neurotransmitters involved in romantic love, including the prefrontal cortex, striatum, nucleus accumbens, dopamine, norepinephrine, oxytocin, and vasopressin. Maternal love and romantic love activate similar brain reward pathways. The document also examines types of love according to Sternberg's triangular theory of love and syndromes of love such as broken heart syndrome, which can involve endocrine and immune dysfunction as well as psychological trauma from relationship loss.

1. Neuroscience
9/2/2016
Advisor : A. WinitraInteresting Topic : February Issue
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2. Maternal Love
& Bonding
OUTline
Love & Intimacy
Attachment & Illness

3. NE
whatislove
OT
AVP
DA 5HT
Sex
hormones
NGF
:Lust,Attraction,AttachmentLove

4. LoveatFirstSight
Physiological
arousal(NE )
+
Cognitive label
Sexual Appeal:
W/H Ratio,
Facial Symmetry
Other factors;
Mere Exposure
Effect, Mirroring
BRAINACTIVITYINLOVE
Brain Reward
pathway +
Somatosensory
Integration

5. BrainrewardPathway
PFC, Medial insula, Anterior cingulate, Hippocampus,
Striatum, Nucleus accumbens
DA, NE
NGF
5HT
OT, AVP
Testosterone,
Estrogen
VTA-NAc
Area association:

6. :Brain activity produced by Maternal love
and Romantic love

7. Feeling
"The amount of love one experiences
depends on the absolute strength of these
three components, and the type of love one
experiences depends on their strengths
relative to each other."
*Consummate Love*
Components&theoryoflove
Thought Behaviour
Commitment
Triangular
of Love
Intimacy
Sternberg

9. TypesofLove7

10. SyndromesofLove
Broken heart
syndrome
Delusion of
Jealousy &
Erotomania
Stockholm
Syndrome

11. Broken heart
Syndrome
Takotsubo
cardiomyopathy
Endocrine
immune dysfunction
Psychological trauma
Uncomplicated
bereavement
Depression
PTSD
Medical
Complications
Psychological
Related..
Physical pain and the feelings
associated with relationship
loss (Emotional pain)

12. ACC, PCC
Rt. Ventral PFC,
Bilat. insula,
Secondary
somatosensory
cortex
Tips
Tips for Broken Heart*