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 left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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In Korea, there's a man named Lee Jin-gyu who fell in love and married his life-sized Japanese body pillow (called a "dakimakura").
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People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of the left (65 percent of people go to the right!)
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Holding hands with someone you love can alleviate physical pain as well as stress and fear.
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40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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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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A couple had their wedding rings engraved with a waveform of their own voices saying "I do."
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