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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Vishwam Sankaran

Brain region behind romantic love ‘activation’ discovered

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In the first research of its kind, scientists uncovered the brain process that makes people put their loved ones on a pedestal in the first flush of romance.

It is well known that romantic love changes the brain, causing the release of the so-called molecule oxytocin – the hormone behind the euphoria one feels on falling in love.

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