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Brain scans reveal how long term love rewires your reward center
Romantic love is often described as a feeling, but brain imaging suggests it is also a long running neural project that reshapes how we experience reward, stress and safety. When infatuation settles ...
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The surprising way the brain’s dopamine-rich reward center adapts as a romance matures
A new study published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience provides evidence that the human brain processes romantic partners differently than close friends, specifically within ...
A small region of the brain, known as the ventral tegmental area (VTA), plays a key role in how we process rewards. It produces dopamine, a neuromodulator that helps predict future rewards based on ...
"I Think We're Alone Now," from the visual journals of Cathy Malchiodi, PhD © 2018 Source: ©2018 Cathy Malchiodi, PhD Like many psychotherapists who include music ...
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