Modulator

When you love someone

Scientists continue to dissect our most intimate and magical feelings:

There are some differences between love-struck men and women, says Fisher. Women in love show more emotional activity earlier on in a relationship. They also seem to quiz their memory regions as they look at pictures of their partner, perhaps paying more attention to their past experience with them.

For men, perhaps unsurprisingly, love looks a little more like lust, with extra activity in visual areas that mediate sexual arousal.

What's next? Perhaps a handy portable brain activity scanner to test our veracity when we say 'I love you.'

Posted by Steve on November 13, 2003