Page 182: Is romantic love initiated, run and terminated by 1) a subconsciousness within us or 2) by a combination of conscious agency and unconscious motives? Figure 1: A: The testes and ovaries secrete the sex hormones testosterone and estrogen, driving sexual desire.

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True love can mean different things for different people, based on what it is that they are looking for in life. Sometimes it takes a very long time for people to be together and develop love for each other and sometimes its immediate, sometimes it can be hot and cold, so we give different names to those experiences. The data suggest that romantic love is a motivation or a drive based on wanting, focused on a specific target, rather than a feeling or emotion.Testosterone and estrogen drive lust; dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin create attraction; and oxytocin and vasopressin mediate attachment.

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Unaddressed issues or hurtful actions towards each other over time can destroy a couple’s relationship.While we might be a way off before having an Idiot's Guide for Staying Madly in Love, at least we are one step closer. In the same way, I believe that the new science of love that has evolved in the last decade, is making the concept of love as a passing fever, obsolete. My grandfather died at 40 of pneumonia, a disease that is now easily cured because of the advancement of science. For some people, the pain of admitting that they were wrong in an argument is akin to stepping on a Lego or biting into tinfoil.