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Helen Fisher studies the brain in love

TED Talks200800:15:54Creative Commons
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Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die for it? To learn more about our very real, very physical need for romantic love, Helen Fisher and her research team took MRIs of people in love -- and people who had just been dumped.

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TEDTalks, TED, Talks, brain, cognitive science, culture, literature, love, poetry, psychology, relationships, science, technology, women, TED2008, 2008

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