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THIS IS YOUR BRAIN WITH DR. PHIL STIEG Love in Captivity
The COVID-19 quarantine has changed everything about love and sex. Biological anthropologist Helen Fisher reveals how socially distant dating can nurture a relationship by slowing things down and encouraging more substantive conversation and deeper intimacy. Long-term couples have a different problem as they adjust to 24/7 togetherness and learn to carve out safe spaces. Plus… why it’s essential to laugh, play, and stay connected with friends and family to enhance brain health.
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How Does Love Affect the Brain?
Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode In & Out Of Love.
Helen Fisher says love is a biological drive and a survival mechanism. She discusses the science of love and how much control we have over who we love, how we love, and whether that love lasts.
Is “Slow Love” The Key To A Successful Relationship?
Helen discusses the emerging “slow love” phenomenon on CBS This Morning
What Makes a Healthy Partnership?
Helen Speaking on healthy partnerships at the Palm Health Foundation.
Intense, Passionate, Romantic Love: A Natural Addiction? How the Fields That Investigate Romance and Substance Abuse Can Inform Each Other
Helen E. Fisher, Xiaomeng Xu, Arthur Aron and Lucy L. Brown
Review Article
Front. Psychol., 10 May 2016 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00687
Individuals in the early stage of intense romantic love show many symptoms of substance and non-substance or behavioral addictions, including euphoria, craving, tolerance, emotional and physical dependence, withdrawal and relapse. We have proposed that romantic love is a natural (and often positive) addiction that evolved from mammalian antecedents by 4 million years ago as a survival mechanism to encourage hominin pair-bonding and reproduction, seen cross-culturally today in Homo sapiens. Brain scanning studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging support this view: feelings of intense romantic love engage regions of the brain’s “reward system,” specifically dopamine-rich regions, including the ventral tegmental area, also activated during drug and/or behavioral addiction.
The Neurochemical Makeup of the Presidential Candidates
Helen discusses the neurochemical makeup of Clinton, Sanders, and Trump.
Four broad temperament dimensions: description, convergent validation correlations, and comparison with the Big Five
Front. Psychol., 03 August 2015 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01098
Helen E. Fisher, Heide D. Island, Jonathan Rich, Daniel Marchalik, and Lucy L. Brown
A new temperament construct based on recent brain physiology literature has been investigated using the Fisher Temperament Inventory (FTI). Four collections of behaviors emerged, each associated with a specific neural system: the dopamine, serotonin, testosterone, and estrogen/oxytocin system. These four temperament suites have been designated: (1) Curious/Energetic, (2) Cautious/Social Norm Compliant, (3) Analytical/Tough-minded, and (4) Prosocial/Empathetic temperament dimensions. Two functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have suggested that the FTI can measure the influence of these neural systems. In this paper, to further the behavioral validation and characterization of the four proposed temperament dimensions, we measured correlations with five variables: (1) gender; (2) level of education; (3) religious preference; (4) political orientation; (5) the degree to which an individual regards sex as essential to a successful relationship.
Four Styles of Thinking and Behaving
Helen Fisher at PopTech: What We Want
Helen discusses the biology of love. From the importance of one-night stands to the solidity of marriage, Fisher shreds the common wisdom of what love is and isn’t in the 21st century.