People compose poetry, novels, sitcoms - for love.
Natural beauty really entices men. They will tell you this time and time again, and studies consistently prove it.
The reason you take antidepressants is to feel calm. And romantic love is not calm - it's elation, it's mood swings, and you're killing all that when you take the drug.
Romantic love is an addiction.
Despite the myth that men are less committed, they are predisposed to desire marriage.
Both sexes like the exercise and challenge of sports, but for men it's also a basic display behavior for impressing and winning a mate.
In general, men are wired to notice obvious signs that convey interest in mating - a warm smile, for example - and ignore other subtleties, like if your lipstick is faded.
A Rolex watch or an expensive car are the things guys often use to show status, wealth, and basic desirability.
Why do we feel jealousy? Therapists often regard the demon as a scar of childhood trauma or a symptom of a psychological problem. And it's true that people who feel inadequate, insecure, or overly dep...
I've always maintained that men were more romantic than women.
Any kind of novelty or excitement drives up dopamine in the brain, and dopamine is associated with romantic love.
Romantic love allows you to focus mating energy. Attachment sustains that relationship as long as necessary to raise your baby.
Today, most women are surrounded by ingenious gadgets. They don't grow the peas or raise the chicken that they serve for dinner; instead they hunt and gather in the grocery store. They go through cata...
Psychologists maintain that the dizzying feeling of intense romantic love lasts only about 18 months to - at best - three years.
Blushing is thought to be linked to increased levels of norepinephrine in the brain, which may be associated with romantic feelings. It signals that we are interested and excited, which is attractive...
If two very different people pool their DNA, they'll create more genetic variety, and their young will come to the job of parenting with a wider array of skills.
Men with high baseline levels of testosterone marry less frequently, have more adulterous affairs, commit more spousal abuse, and divorce more often.
Games are the way we keep romance alive. They're based in human hardwiring. Playing hard-to-get or leaving a little to the imagination allows the woman to be wooed and appreciated and the man to be ch...
When you're in the throes of this romantic love, it's overwhelming - you're out of control, you're irrational, you're going to the gym at 6 A.M. every day - Why? Because she's there.
Anthropologists have found evidence of romantic love in 170 societies. They've never found a society that did not have it.