Is love a chemical imbalance in the brain?
Is love a chemical imbalance in the brain? Falling in love deactivates parts of your brain But those sweetly warm feelings we connect to our heart are actually chemicals and hormones flooding an organ higher up -- our brain. Can love be chemically induced? Ortigue and her team found that falling in love created the same "euphoric feelings as using cocaine." They found that “12 areas of the brain work in tandem to release euphoric-inducing chemicals such as dopamine, oxytocin” and adrenaline. Dopamine makes lovers feel happy and energetic about each other. What chemical in your brain makes you feel...