Male and Female Brain. Many Research Paper

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This is because all three of these psychological mind states trigger the appetitive pleasure system, which is the dopamine-based system associated with the pleasure of anticipating something desirable (Doidge, 2007).

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies confirm that when lovers look at photos of their romantic partner, areas of the brain associated with reward and motivation are activated (Doidge, 2007). Specifically, scans of the right VTA and medial caudate nucleus show significant concentrations of dopamine, which is also what brain scans of people high on cocaine look like (Doidge, 2007). Brain scans of people in love and high on cocaine look almost identical (Doidge, 2007).

Another fMRI study conducted with lovers looking at photos of their beloved showed that there's a correlation between the VTA brain region and facial attractiveness; that there's a correlation between the intensity of passion associated with romantic love and the caudate brain region; and, that there's a correlation between trait affect intensity and the globus pallidus brain region (Aron, 2005).

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These results agree with other studies on romantic love in that reward and motivation play a major role specifically when romantic love is focused on a single individual (Aron, 2005).

The similarities between men and women, in terms of neuroscience, show the same response to romantic love. Perhaps many of the stereotypes regarding how many and women view relationships, etc. are justified, but in terms of neuroscience the so-called mechanism of romantic love is the same.

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Aron, a., Fisher, H., Mashek, DJ., Strong, G., Li, H., Brown, LL. Reward, motivation, and emotion systems associated with early-stage intense romantic love. J Neurophysiology. 2005; 94: 327-337.

Heath, R.G. Pleasure and pain activity in man. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 1972; 154(1): 13-18.

Doidge, N (2007). The brain that changes itself: stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science.New York:….....

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