Happy Valentine's Day! Here’s a musical look at your brain on love.

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This song explores a few of the changes that have been observed in our brains and bodies when we are in love - but it is important to remember that no individual chemical or brain region is solely responsible for our emotions. Our minds are incredibly complicated, and neurotransmitters like dopamine play a host of different roles. There’s so much more to learn.

Check out biological anthropologist Helen Fisher’s talk about love and the brain:    • The brain in love | Helen Fisher  

Here’s a paper exploring what we know about neural correlates to long term romantic love.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

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Produced by Adam Cole (@cadamole) and Ryan Kellman
Words and Music by Adam Cole
Production Assistance: Jay Reed, Bronson Arcuri, Nick DePrety
Supervising Editor: Nicole Werbeck
Chief Science Editor: Andrea Kissack
NPR Director of Visuals: Keith Jenkins

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