When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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Twenty nine percent of women spend more time shopping for shoes than they do looking for a life long mate.
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8 out of 10 people think that the first kiss indicates how the rest of the relationship will be.
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Studies show that the risk of a “secret love” being revealed heightens romantic feelings for the partners, thanks to increased levels of phenylethylamine (PEA).
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Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
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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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Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
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40% of people who are rejected in romantic love slip into clinical depression.
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