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Love (adapted From Ted Talks By Helen Fisher)

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

LOVE

Damion White

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WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT IS

Don't we?
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Husband Wife

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MOTHERS

And their children

HEART

Swans

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CAN YOU DEFINE LOVE?

A profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person

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WHAT IS IT REALLY?

How does it happen? Why does it matter?

HELEN FISHER

Biological anthropologist

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

LOVE

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REJECTION

95% of people studied had experienced
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VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA

Mesencephalon
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ROMANTIC LOVE SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY SIMPLE

THERE ARE THREE STEPS

ROMANTIC LOVE

Is a basic mating drive
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PLATO

The god of love lives in a state of need
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LOVE IS AN ADDICTION

A FACT FROM THE STUDY

WHEN ASKED

LOVE IS A DRIVE

Love isn't an emotion, it isn't a series of emotions
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THERE ARE THREE MAIN DRIVES ASSOCIATED WITH LOVE

ANIMALS LOVE

There is not one species that isn't selective about mating partners
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ONCE YOU FIND A PARTNER

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SEX DOES NOT EQUAL LOVE

WE KNOW HOW

But we don't really know why
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IT CAN ALSO BE TIMING

Mystery increases dopamine release, so too does experiencing something new
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DOES KNOWING THE MECHANISM

Ruin the experience?
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I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE

With two aberrant yet related topics

1. A WORRY

The use of anti depressants: specifically serotonin enhancing

IF YOU TAMPER WITH ONE, YOU TAMPER WITH THE OTHER

A world without love is a dangerous place
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2. A STORY

About one of Helen fisher's graduate students
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LOVE IS IN US, ALL OF US, DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN THE BRAIN

Our challenge now is to understand each other