How the Intellect Affects Partner Choice
The argument regarding intellectual differences between men and women has raged for centuries, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down in our modern, post-feminist world. Few today would agree with...
View ArticleThe Phases of Rejection
It is, perhaps, one of nature’s cruelest ironies that the drive for love is every bit as primal as the drive for food and water, yet virtually no one makes it through the game of love unscathed. In...
View ArticleThe Four Types of Love Addiction
Romantic love is heavily associated with the same regions of the brain as drug addiction. Those who have it experience the same intensely pleasurable feelings, while those who are deprived of it...
View ArticleDating Advice
Love and the BrainLooking Inside the Brain Here at the anatomy of love we don't give dating advice. But there is a great site called datingadvice.com that we can recommend to you. Their...
View ArticleLove, Heartbreak, Divorce and Healing- Practical steps for a common experience
--Practical Steps Towards Healing After A Divorce-- By Cassidy Nichol-- Changing trends mean that, while divorce is more widely accepted than ever before, it is actually becoming less popular,...
View ArticleMaster the Art of Relationship Gifting
How To Master The Art Of Relationship Gifting- By Cassidy Nichol- Around 20% of Americans admit to rarely or never feeling close to people, while 46% say they sometimes or always feel alone. Research...
View ArticleMarriage Proposals for Nature Lovers
By Cassidy Nichol Amazing Marriage Proposals For Nature Lovers It's no wonder that so many weddings take place outdoors. Nature reduces stress, improves our mood, and even enhances spirituality – that...
View ArticleThe anatomy of love and hope- Love, from Helen
March 24, 2020- As we all sit at home to avoid COVID-19 and hope for good health... GET HAPPY: the “Meaningful Life” in love and in everyday events When we fall in love, life has meaning and hope is...
View ArticleSex satisfaction: our brains and our genes
Sex satisfaction in a romantic relationship. We all know that's important. We pretty much take it for granted. Yes, sex supports our species, but it also contributes a lot to our quality of life,...
View ArticleHelen Fisher Zoom: Dating in the Time of COVID-19
Helen Fisher, PhD, biological anthropologist and senior research fellow at the Kinsey Institute, discusses how to date during a quarantine, the advantages and disadvantages of "virtual dating," and...
View ArticleHelen Fisher writes in the NY Times-dating
How Coronavirus Is Changing the Dating Game for the Better Video chats are in. Small talk is out. You don’t have to fret about who picks up the check. And maybe the biggest plus: You’re forced to take...
View ArticleHelen Fisher writes for the NY Times-Relationships in the time of CCOVID-19
Cupid in Quarantine: What Brain Science Can Teach Us About Love A global tragedy has forced us into full-time togetherness. Here’s how couples can rekindle romantic love and grow together rather than...
View ArticleHelen Fisher’s Observations for Making the Best of Lockdown
Lockdown…A Time For Love? June, 2020 By: Helen Fisher We weren’t built to live 24/7 with a lover. For millions of years men regularly set off to hunt, sometimes for days. And women went gathering...
View ArticleKissing with love
Love is a beautiful thing and one of the ways we show just how much we care for our partner is through a kiss. There are more than a dozen different types of kisses and all of them mean different...
View ArticleValentine’s Day- Thinking about gifts
Thinking About Valentine's Day- The joy of gift-giving With Valentine's Day fast approaching, think joy: give a gift. We have some ideas for a gift for your full-time partner, or dating partner. Or...
View ArticleCan we boost dopamine for a little more romance and sex?
People often ask us if they can boost the dopamine in their brain in hopes of boosting passionate love and having better sex. Here, we find out from an Integrative Medicine psychiatrist-author and...
View ArticleDatingNews.com
Bad news sells papers, but it isn't the full story. Dr. Fisher spoke with the team at DatingNews.comabout her research in Match's Singles in America study. Her research shows that since the start of...
View ArticleTaylor Swift Heartbreak Songs
April 19, 2024. A Cosmopolitan UK Editor alerted me to Taylor Swift’s new album and one of the songs about heartbreak, So Long London. A line in the song is, "I stopped CPR, after all it's no use...
View ArticleThe Perfect Wedding Plan
Planning your wedding can be a huge amount of fun. While it’s fun, it comes with its own share of difficulties, such as disagreeing with your partner and family on aspects of the ceremony and party....
View ArticleThe Power of Love Summit 2024
Join Helen Fisher, Lucy Brown, Tara Brach, Sharon Salzberg, Deepak Chopra, Jane Fonda, Marianne Williamson, Michael Beckwith and many more… We are happy to announce an extraordinary event put...
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