| Message Number: | 659 |
| From: | Ashley S Bangert <abangert Æ umich.edu> |
| Date: | Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:55:49 -0500 (EST) |
| Subject: | Re: Grandpa Andrew's Reflections on Marriage (fwd) |
Whoops! Sorry My pasting in of the link didn't work the first time around. Here it is again: http://www.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=brainBriefings_loveAndTheBrain Ashley S. Bangert Ph.D. Candidate Department of Psychology 530 Church St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043 Office: 4441 East Hall Office Phone: (734) 763-1532 email: abangert Æ umich.edu On Sat, 10 Mar 2007, bethany soule wrote: > hey Ashley, can we get your citations? > > On 3/9/07, Ashley S Bangert wrote: >> I thought that some of you might be interested in what the Society for >> Neuroscience has to say about love and the Brain. Check out the following >> website and note the cited journal articles at the bottom of the page. >> >> Ashley S. Bangert >> Ph.D. Candidate >> Department of Psychology >> 530 Church St. >> Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043 >> Office: 4441 East Hall >> Office Phone: (734) 763-1532 >> email: abangert Æ umich.edu >> >> >> On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Dave Morris wrote: >> >> > I believe, and think that I have seen, that many people feel love very >> > differently, and that it can work quite differently for different people, >> > both in what is required to maintain it, and in whether they can feel it >> for >> > more than one person at a time. Quite a few problems in relationships >> arise >> > because of this fact, because one partner may assume that love works the >> same >> > way for their counterpart as for themselves, and thus misinterpret their >> > actions- mistrust their emotions. >> > >> > Recent studies are beginning to detect what scientists believe are >> > electromagnetic signs of that "in love" feeling in the brain, which is >> > apparently differentiable from lust and other emotions. But this is just >> > beginning, it will be some time before they can draw general conclusions >> and >> > explore the full range of possibility of human emotion. And there's a >> > frightening though- what if your partner could put a hat on you and ask >> you >> > if you are "in love" with them and the computer would tell them whether or >> > not you're lying. Or maybe would that be a good thing? Hmmm. >> > >> > Dave >> > >> > >> > >> > On Mar 9, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Daniel Reeves wrote: >> > >> >>> the pysiological condition of being "in love" is only possible with one >> >>> person at a time. If you can't relate to what I'm talking about, then >> >>> you've never really been in love. >> >> >> >> So judgmental! I think second guessing people's emotions is a bad idea. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/dreeves - - search://"Daniel Reeves" >> >> >> >> Irrationality is the square root of all evil. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > David P. Morris, PhD >> > Operations Manager and Senior Engineer >> > ElectroDynamic Applications, Inc. >> > morris Æ edapplications.com, (734)786-1434, fax: (734)786-3235 >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >

