Article Summary : Love And Blood Glucose Levels

To begin the experiment, participants answered a questionnaire rating how intensely in love they were then they were shown photos of their partner during an MRI scan. It was found that dophamine-rich areas of the brain (area associated with rewards) had higher activity when shown their partner than when shown an image of their friend. These findings show that we form relationships with those who are rewarding.

In his article “Watching New Love as It Sears the Brain,” Benedict Carey expresses that love is not necessarily an emotion but rather a neurological and physical phenomenon. After comparing new love to mania and obsession, Carey offers evidence of romantic love as a neuropsychological event through the description of the caudate nucleus (a specific part of the brain which produces the neurotransmitter dopamine), explaining the cause of desire and passion in relation to love.

The human idea of love is quite possibly the most misunderstood in today’s society. Love can be between a man and woman, mother/father and their kids, or even really good friends. However, these relationships of love go through many interactions and stages to start and progress. Many psychological events must occur and be worked through in order to be successful. All relationships must endure the five perspectives of human behavior. These perspectives are biological, learning, social and cultural, cognitive, and psychodynamic influences.

The original study “The nature of love” was focused on gaining more understanding of human development (Hock, 2013). It involved a series of experiments done by Harry Harlow in 1958, in which he

The three prototypes explored are avoidant, anxious-ambivalent, and secure attachments which describes how partners will behave in close relationships and how caring and supportive each individual is within their relationship. Avoidant attached individuals are withdrawn from relationships and untrustworthy of others. Anxious-Ambivalent individuals worry often about their partner’s needs being fulfilled as well as theirs and analyze if they’re moving too fast in the relationship when compared to their partner. Secured individuals are completely trustworthy of their partner and confident in their feelings and

Domestic violence is present across America, but the role it has taken in the lives of Native American women is most troubling as it can be harder to track. Tribal sovereignty can at times act as a shield for violence. The independent nature of tribes as nations can impede systems established to prevent reoccurring actions of violence within a society. However, as domestic violence is largely a result of societal systems, it is easiest and most thoroughly examined through narratives.

One of the effects of this hormone is that it makes a person more inclined to go to a close family member or friend, as they want to be surrounded by people who care about their well-being. Additionally, it helps heal stress-induced damages to the heart. Essentially, stress makes a person social, as they crave physical contact and increase their empathy. The final study discovered that people who experience a major stressful event have an increased mortality rate; however, if they spend time helping other people, they experience no increase whatsoever. In conclusion, stress affects a person’s body in whatever manner they think it will: A person will remain healthy if they view it positively, but a person who views it negatively will be

Girme, Overall, Simpson & Fletcher (2015) has proven that they respond negatively when given support by their partner and, Feeney and Noller (1990) report that they express mistrust of others during their life. Feeney and Noller (1990) had an experiment that measured subjects scores based on their response to the background questions about their love experiences on Ludus, Loving and Romantic Love Ideals scales, and the Avoidance of Intimacy scale. The results were high on Ludus and low on the Loving and Romantic Love Ideal scales and the Avoidance of Intimacy scale for the avoidant subjects (Feeney and Noller, 1990). The results for the avoidant subjects differed than those that were secure and anxious-ambivalent groups as the Unfulfilled Hopes, Self-Conscious Anxiety, Avoidance of Intimacy, and Personal and Social Self-esteem of the avoidant subjects were the important features that were determined (Feeney and Noller, 1990). The secure subjects were high in self-confidence and were trusting in their relationships however, the anxious-ambivalent subjects were dependent and had a strong desire for commitment in their relationships, their response to love was neurotic rather than companionate (Feeney and Noller, 1990).

This topic related to class material regarding what we observe in happy couple and the Michelangelo phenomenon. When Esther was doing her research she asked many couples when are you most drawn to your partners. Three major answers coming up time and time again included: 1) when they are apart or reuniting (imagination comes back into play), 2) when you see your partner in there element radiant and confident, and 3) when they experience novelty such as being surprised or laughing together. In class we learned that happy long term couple have higher OXT levels, report laughing together more, and engaging in more novelty and exciting behaviors together. We also learned about the Michelangelo phenomenon, that is where their partner promotes self-expansion and promoting and encouraging skills and attributes that will lead to an ideal self. The Michelangelo phenomenon relates to the idea that when you see your partner in their element and confidant you are most drawn to your

In Love 2.0, Barbara Fredrickson stands by the belief that her improved definition love does not have to happen in close relationships, and can happen anywhere, between anyone. This essay will seek to explore the extent to which close personal relationships influence positivity resonance - a better measure of love - by analyzing the documented experiments and research found in the selection.

Levesque, Lafontaine, and Bureau (2017) looks at the relationship between NSSI and romantic relationships. A study was conducted

For centuries scholars have tried to define love to a ‘t’. Neuroscientists currently believe that the basic human emotions and motivations arise from distinct circuits or systems of neural activity (Davidson, 1994; Panksepp,

“Love2.0” opens with an interesting analogy comparing love to a vital nutrient, “The more you experience it, the more you open up and grow, becoming wiser and more attuned, more resilient and effective, happier and healthier” (Frederickson 107). Oxytocin, “the great facilitator of life,” is one of Frederickson’s three critical components of

It is love that makes our lives happier and more enjoyable. No one wants to deny this truth. We can always see beautiful love story in novel, movies and music. However, meanwhile love can cause many psychological and social problems, especially in young adult population. In the article, “Tell me, how bright your hypomania is, and I tell you, if you are happily in love!”—Among young adults in love, bright side hypomania is related to reduced depression and anxiety, and better sleep quality”, available on APA PsycNET, the author explained this phenomena. The authors state, romantic love can be associated with favorably emotional states, yet data on thses associations are scarce for young adults. The purpose of this present study is going to be to explore the associations between romantic loves, symptoms of depression, anxiety, hypomania and sleeping quality in a sample of young adults.

A logistic regression analysis was also conducted to predict participants’ relationship status (coded as 0 = single, 1 = in a relationship) using participants’ age and body type as predictors. The logistic regression model was statistically