Falling in love raises levels of nerve growth in a person's brain for about a year and can improve their memory.
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Brain scans show that people who view photos of a beloved experience an activation of the caudate - the part of the brain involving cravings.
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The brain can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. After that cells begin die.
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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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The desire to squeeze and hug cute things comes from the same place in your brain as aggression.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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