Andrew Huberman· PhD
But it turns out that the early phase of a romantic relationship engages the same neural circuitries as addiction. Same reward circuitry. All that.
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But it turns out that the early phase of a romantic relationship engages the same neural circuitries as addiction. Same reward circuitry. All that.
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And he found that there was a rather high correlation between the love induced analgesia and brain activity and the caudate nucleus and in the insular with the strength of their relationship a year later.