Love at First Sight, Explained by Science

Here is what happens to your brain when you fall in love. ️

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00:00Seriously?

00:24This is a prairie bull brain that we're going to be able to slice very thin.

00:28Looking at these brain areas that we know are involved in pair bonding, and actually

00:34see which neurons were activated during the pair bond process.

00:51I think I'm in love with you.

00:58We actually have some very important insights in the chemicals that are acting in the brain,

01:22and how they are acting in the brain to activate neural circuits that create relationships

01:29between individuals, even bonds that can last a lifetime.

01:52I think I'm in love with you.

01:53We actually have some very important insights in the chemicals that are acting in the brain

01:54to activate neural circuits that create relationships between individuals, even bonds that can last

01:55a lifetime.