He feeling of love It has always been linked to the heart. However, neuroscience has discovered that love it is created in the brain through processes that are activated when a person feels attraction for another.
Beyond the butterflies in the stomach, there is an immense chemical response chain in the brain associated with falling in love.
What goes through our brains when we like someone? What parts of the brain are involved? Why do we feel those butterflies in our tummy?
What happens in the brain when we fall in love
Rosa Coba, neuropsychologist at the HLA Medical Center in Toledo, explains it changes in the brain are produced in accumbensknown as the pleasure center of the brain, and in the prefrontal lobe.
This may cause the person to have a psychological need to spend more time with their loved one. “It’s like an addiction, that is, the need to be constantly,” explains the vice president of the Spanish Society of Neurology, Jesus Porta.
Love deactivates the neural pathway responsible for negative emotions, such as fear. Photo: Shutterstock illustration.Likewise, he affirms it during falling in love Changes don’t just happen in the brain, but also in the rest of the body. For example, when we see the person we likethere’s a release of substances such as adrenaline which “makes the pupils dilate more and makes us a little more nervous”.
Second Colombian University of La Sabanain the process of When falling in love, high levels of dopamine are releaseda chemical that activates the reward circuit.
Why do you feel butterflies in your stomach when you fall in love?
THE signs which show that a the person is in love Are many. In the Middle Ages, deep love was considered an illness because it caused loss of appetite, anguish and insomnia.
According to experts at Johns Hopkins University in the United States, butterflies in the stomach They are felt due to a reduction in blood flow.
The feeling of falling in love is attributed to the heart, but it is the brain that creates it. Photo: Shutterstock illustration.This sensation occurs due to the release of adrenaline, which causes an increase in heart rate and blood pressure, resulting in increased blood flow to the muscles.
What are the differences between men and women when they are in love?
Natalia López Moratalla, professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Navarra, assures that “the studies carried out indicate that Women use oxytocin morethe hormone of trust”.
This produces an increase in levels related to physical contact and gaze, as emotional empathy dominates.
On the contrary, he explains that “men use vasopressin morewhich increases testosterone and facilitates more rationalized empathy and increases the detection of erotic stimuli.
Source: Clarin
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