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Why We Love

8 min read 12 min listen Narrated by Sophie
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What’s it about?

Anthropologist Helen Fisher reveals romantic love as a biological drive, not an emotion—a primal, addictive force hardwired in our brains to ensure survival.

You’ll learn

  • Love is a biological drive, like hunger
  • Romantic love activates the brain's reward system
  • The 'four-year itch' has evolutionary roots
  • Personality types influence who we love