Where Does Love Come From?
When it comes to love, we often talk about our hearts...but we should actually be talking about our brains! SciShow Valentines: ...
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It’s February, which means -- at least here in the the U.S -- your eyeballs are getting accosted by a barrage of red and pink heart-shaped lovey-dovey stuff. Now, I don’t want to rain on anyone’s Valentine’s Day, but this is bogus for a few reasons. One, our hearts look nothing like those symbols, and two, our hearts have very little to do with how we actually feel love. So if you want to make a more accurate valentine, I suggest you cut that construction paper into the shape of a brain. … or more specifically, the limbic system… or even more specifically… the hypothalamus. See, the limbic system is the emotional center of your brain. It guides your emotional, motivational, and reward processes, and basically makes you feel all the feels, from pleasure to fear to anger. It also influences some of your ...
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It’s February, which means -- at least here in the the U.S -- your eyeballs are getting accosted by a barrage of red and pink heart-shaped lovey-dovey stuff. Now, I don’t want to rain on anyone’s Valentine’s Day, but this is bogus for a few reasons. One, our hearts look nothing like those symbols, and two, our hearts have very little to do with how we actually feel love. So if you want to make a more accurate valentine, I suggest you cut that construction paper into the shape of a brain. … or more specifically, the limbic system… or even more specifically… the hypothalamus. See, the limbic system is the emotional center of your brain. It guides your emotional, motivational, and reward processes, and basically makes you feel all the feels, from pleasure to fear to anger. It also influences some of your ...
