What is love, and is there a test that can prove if you do or don’t feel it?
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Science a step closer to test that can prove you are in love
“We may now be a step closer to discovering what love is, thanks to a scientific study that has obtained the first empirical evidence of love-related alterations in the brain.”
What does fMRI measure?
“Oxygen is delivered to neurons by haemoglobin in capillary red blood cells. When neuronal activity increases there is an increased demand for oxygen and the local response is an increase in blood flow to regions of increased neural activity.”
Love’s all in the brain: fMRI study shows strong, lateralized reward, not sex, drive
“You just can’t tell where you might find love these days. A team led by a neuroscientist, an anthropologist and a social psychologist found love-related neurophysiological systems inside a magnetic resonance imaging machine.”
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