Have you ever wondered why you remember one love more than another?It’s been many years, and yet you remember that first kiss, the first time you took your hand, and you even feel a sense of warmth. We’re used to poets writing about it.
But is there a scientific explanation for this?Science tells us that love is more due to neurobiology than To Cupid’s hard work.
- We’ve all been in love at one time or another.
- In this state.
- We feel a sense of well-being and pleasure and even think that nothing can go wrong and that we have every chance of winning.
- Have we finally found this person.
- Who delights us and leads us to new experiences?.
From various research it has been discovered that being in love activates the part of the brain that releases dopamine, which is a neurotransmitter that causes feeling of pleasure, plus increases the level of a hormone called norepinephrine, which in turn has effects on the body, increasing heart rate and blood pressure.
When we are in love the level of Serotonin is reduced, the neurotransmitter that protects us from the feeling of instability, so we must hold on more firmly to the elements that make us feel stable, that is, the loved one. other things have these effects? Drugs! Being in love is like having an addiction We depend on the sense of well-being we feel!
Several researchers have observed images of the brain in action. When we first feel great love, a very detailed memory is created in the brain that does not fade so easily. This phenomenon is called the “primary effect”.
These memories are covered in emotional and psychological sensations. It’s so bad that even several years later, when you remember the first kiss, you’ll feel that feeling of warmth and light joy you had at the time.
Neurobiology has found that events filled with a great emotional burden are fixed in memory more intensely, involving two essential brain structures: the hippocampus and the amygdala.
Neurobiologist Antoine Bechara says that when a relationship ends, there is a contradiction in the brain; on the one hand, the relationship is over, but on the other hand, the brain continues to produce bodily discharges and images related to this romantic relationship. He calls it “brain conflict. “
When we end a relationship, we believe that when we end the pain and find someone else, the emotional bond will end, however, we often find ourselves listening to a song and automatically returning to that love of the past, why does this happen?
The amygdala and hippocampus continue to unload in the face of the stimuli that activate them. This is called a somatic marker: certain situations and events that trigger chemical signals in our body. This applies not only to love, but also to all emotions. , fear, anguish, joy, etc.
Research and science have no limits. In fact, there are already lines that argue that if we can deconstruct love in this way, there could also be ‘pills to forget’. If love has to do with neurotransmitters and hormones, then it can be inhibited with the right substances.
What do you think, will there be this moment? In the future, will it be possible to disconnect from our love memories?
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