Attachment theory, developed by Mary Ainsworth and John Bowlby about seventy years
ago, has become one of the most influential and comprehensive contemporary psychology …

Romantic love is a phenomenon of immense interest to the general public as well as to
scholars in several disciplines. It is known to be present in almost all human societies and …

This study investigated interactive exchange in lovers and the associated interpersonal
brain synchronization (IBS) using functional near‐infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)‐based …

How emotions are represented in the nervous system is a crucial unsolved problem in the
affective neuroscience. Many studies are striving to find the localization of basic emotions in …

The quality of romantic relationships influences physical and mental health. However,
maintaining happy and healthy relationships is challenging; relationship satisfaction …

Long-term relationships are essential for the psychological wellbeing of humans and many
animals. Positive emotions and affective experiences (eg, romantic or platonic love) seem to …

The multitude of terms associated with love has given rise to a false perception of love. In
this paper, only maternal and romantic love are considered. Love is usually regarded as a …

Accurately describing the anatomy of individual brains enables interlaboratory
communication of functional and developmental studies and is crucial for possible surgical …

The self-expansion model of love was developed in the 1980s. It emerged from an
integration of two diverse worlds of knowledge. The first world of knowledge was relevant …

Romantic love is a complex state that has been seen as similar to addiction. Previous task-
based functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have shown that being in love …