Affectionate couple, what happens in your brain when you're in love

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Your brain 101: The chemistry of love

When do you know if you really like someone? What does love do to your brain chemicals, and is falling in love just nature’s way to keep our species alive?

Listen as Dr. Jesse Corry explores with us what happens in our brain, not our heart, when we think we’ve found that special someone. It’s an example of biology affecting culture and then culture reciprocating to biology.

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