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Helen Fisher tells us why we love + cheat

TED Talks200600:23:32Creative Commons
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Anthropologist Helen Fisher takes on a tricky topic -- love –- and explains its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its social importance. She closes with a warning about the potential disaster inherent in antidepressant abuse.

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TEDTalks, TED2006, TED, Talks, Featured, antidepressants, cognitive science, culture, evolution, gender, love, psychology, relationships, science, sex, women, 2006

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