Love, Drugs Work Similarly In The Brain, Researchers Say

Love is truly an addiction if you look at how it works in the brain, scientists say. Those who study the neurobiology of social bonding in humans and in some animals say those areas of attachment and affection share many of the same areas of the brain and the same chemical messengers as drug addiction.

 

Your Brain In Love

 The chemical messenger oxytocin, for instance, is   involved in the birth process and lactation in women and causes the mother to develop a strong attachment to the  baby.

 Also for instance, withdrawal is a major problem for treating addiction and is involved in the release of stress hormones, he said. People who lose partners go through similar things in their brains and could be treated in similar ways.

- Team Shirsa