{"id":2252,"date":"2013-05-15T06:47:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T06:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2013\/05\/15\/the-science-of-love\/"},"modified":"2013-05-15T06:47:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T06:47:00","slug":"the-science-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/05\/15\/the-science-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"The Science of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Science of Love<\/a><\/p>\n

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samsaranmusing<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cLove and Neuroscience: Not Such Strange Bedfellows<\/p>\n

Love is one of life\u2019s great mysteries. People live and build their lives around love. For many people, love, or the quest to find love, is a reason to get out of bed in the morning. Love is arguably the most overwhelming of all emotions. Many ideals and religions consider the bond of love sacred. But, why do people fall in love? Is romantic love an enigma, or can it be reduced to the presence of certain chemicals and neurotransmitters within the brain at a given time?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Science of Love samsaranmusing: \u201cLove and Neuroscience: Not Such Strange Bedfellows Love is one of life\u2019s great mysteries. People live and build their lives around love. For many people, love, or the quest to find love, is a reason to get out of bed in the morning. Love is arguably the most overwhelming of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-video_graphics","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-Ak","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3183,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/04\/13\/mirwais-disco-science-by-blinkytheone\/","url_meta":{"origin":2252,"position":0},"title":"Mirwais - Disco Science (by\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"April 13, 2011","format":"video","excerpt":"Mirwais - Disco Science (by blinkytheone)(Source: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/)","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4912,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2009\/07\/06\/science-and-technology-revolutionize-our-lives\/","url_meta":{"origin":2252,"position":1},"title":"Science and technology revolutionize our\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"July 6, 2009","format":"quote","excerpt":"Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. 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