Why We Love by Helen Fisher Page A

Rutgers University for their support and I give a special thank-you to F.H. for his insight, wit, support, and companionship. All errors in this manuscript are mine.

Index
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    abandonment
    fear of
    abandonment paranoia
    abandonment rage
    purpose of
    Abelard and Eloise
    ACTH (adrenocorticotropin hormone)
    Adam and Eve
    Adams, Abigail
    adaptation, depression as
    addiction
    dopamine and
    romantic love as
    adrenaline
    adultery
    adversity
    and passion
    and romantic love
    Advice on Love (De Fournival)
    Aeschylus
    affection in animals
    Africa
    agape
    age
    in romantic love
    and sex drive
    Agememnon (Aeschylus)
    Ahearn, Laura
    Ainsworth, Mary
    Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
    Allen, Woody
    Amiel, Henri Frederic
    Amini, Fari
    amygdala
    amphetamines
    ancestors
    depression in
    forest-dwelling
    pair-bonds
    suicide
    see also forebears
    anchoring gaze
    anger
    in loss of loved one
    in rejection
    animal attraction
    chemistry of
    brain circuitry for, evolved into human romantic love
    animals
    attachment behavior
    are choosy
    depression in
    distress calls
    dopamine in
    love among
    mating preferences
    protest response
    romantic passion
    symmetry
    anterior cingulate cortex
    anterior cingulate gyrus
    antidepressants
    reassessing
    Antony and Cleopatra
    anxiety
    dopamine in
    apathy
    apes
    aphrodisiacs
    Apuleius
    arguments
    Aristophanes
    Aristotle
    Arnold, Matthew
    Aron, Arthur
    Aronson, Elliot
    arranged marriages
    art/artists
    attachment
    in animals
    biology of
    brain chemicals in
    brain network for
    childhood
    independence of
    intense
    lust and
    mating drive
    romantic love and
    short-term
    in types of love
    urge to build
    attachment styles
    attraction
    brain chemistry of
    in forest-dwelling ancestors
    and hate/rage
    instant
    for “special” mating partner
    see also animal attraction
    Auden, W. H.
    Australian Aborigines
    Australopithecus afarensis
    autonomy, individual
    babies
    big-headed
    expense of rearing
    baboons
    background emotions
    badgers
    Bahadur, Vajra
    “Bamboo Mat, The” (Yuan Chen)
    Barash, David
    Bartels, Andreas
    bats
    battering
    Baudelaire, Charles Pierre
    BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor)
    Beach, Frank
    Bear, The (Chekhov)
    beauty
    appreciating
    brain’s response to
    in choosing spouse
    beavers
    being in love
    universal to humanity
    “Being in Love” questionnaire
    beloved (the)
    beta-endorphins
    Betti, Ugo
    Bible
    biological urge
    biology of romantic love
    bipedalism
    birds
    brain chemicals
    cheating in
    possessiveness
    serial monogamy
    symmetry
    testosterone and attachment
    birth spacing
    black rhino
    Blake, William
    bodily states
    body types
    bonobos
    bottlenose dolphins
    Bowen, Murray
    Bowlby, John
    brain
    arousal mechanisms in
    capacity for romantic love in
    in decline of romantic love
    evolution of
    and feeling
    gender differences in
    hemispheres
    mating drives in
    panic system in
    response to beautiful face
    reward system of
    brain activity
    data in
    men
    brain chemicals
    for animal attraction
    in attachment
    of attraction
    and frustration attraction
    precursor of romantic love
    in romantic love
    in violence
    “working” hypothesis
    brain circuitry/circuits
    for animal attraction
    to appreciate courtship displays
    depression in
    igniting
    of people in love
    for short-term attachment
    brain circuitry for romantic love
    and brain networks for hate/rage
    triggering
    unlinked from lust and long-term attachment
    brain in love
    pictures of
    scanning
    brain mechanisms
    for curbing violence
    in mate selection
    brain networks
    despair in
    for hate/rage
    for lust, romantic love, and attachment
    in romantic love
    brain regions
    activity
    expanded
    lust/romantic love in
    in rage
    women’s activity in
    brain scanning/scans
    analyzing
    hypotheses