Genetic Mates or Soul Mates

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Genetic Mates or Soul Mates?

• Whats love got to do (got to do) with it?

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Genetic mates?
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3 Types of Love Fisher et al, 2002

• Lust
• Attraction
• Attachment

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Attraction love at first sight?
smell

• Attraction vs Attractiveness

• Romance or a ruthless quest for a mate?
  Rumbelow (2004)

• Smelly pits

• Inbreeding vs Outbreeding

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Love on the brainBartels and Zeki (2000, 2004)
Anterior Cingulate Cortex
Medial Insula
Putamen and Caudate Nucleus
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Attraction madly in love

• Phenylethylamine (PEA)

• norapinephrine

• dopamine

• serotonin

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Attachment

• What is attachment?

• Health Benefits (Damasio)

• Cupids Chemicals
• Oxytocin
• Vasopressin

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Attachment cont

• The four year itch (Fisher)

• Commitment and Exclusivity
• Love Acts (Buss)
• Resources
• Mate-Guarding and Fidelity

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Soul mates?
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Soul Mates?
Love is blind
Valentines day
My other half
Soul mates
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