♥ A Neuroscience Love Song ♥

Happy Valentine's Day! Here’s a musical look at your brain on love. ↓↓ Links & Info ↓↓ SUBMIT A QUESTION HERE: http://www.npr.org/skunkbear SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/2dH6fpR TUMBLR: http://skunkbear.tumblr.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/nprskunkbear/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NPRskunkbear This song explores a few of the changes that have been observed in our brains and bodies when we are in love - but it is important to remember that no individual chemical or brain region is solely responsible for our emotions. Our minds are incredibly complicated, and neurotransmitters like dopamine play a host of different roles. There’s so much more to learn. Check out biological anthropologist Helen Fisher’s talk about love and the brain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYfoGTIG7pY Here’s a paper exploring what we know about neural correlates to long term romantic love. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3277362/ Credits: Produced by Adam Cole (@cadamole) and Ryan Kellman Words and Music by Adam Cole Production Assistance: Jay Reed, Bronson Arcuri, Nick DePrety Supervising Editor: Nicole Werbeck Chief Science Editor: Andrea Kissack NPR Director of Visuals: Keith Jenkins Copyright © 2018 NPR. All rights reserved. Visit our website terms of use for further information. https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179876898/terms-of-use For permission to reuse this video, visit our permissions pages at npr.org https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179881519/rights-and-permissions-information