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A new study from Rutgers University in
the US probes the enduring mystery: why do we fall in love with one
person and not another?
Dr Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist, suggests that the answer
lies in your brain chemistry, LiveScience reports. She discussed her
research recently at the Being Human conference in New Jersey.
For that feel-good romantic feeling and sexual drive, we can thank
brain chemicals such as dopamine and testosterone, she said. But a
specific balance of chemicals shapes our personalities and affects the
type of people we are drawn to romantically, the report said. Some of us
like people who are more like us. For others, opposites attract.
LiveScience reports that Fisher scoured scientific literature to
determine the brain chemicals associated with certain physiological
traits and then formulated a personality assessment to determine which
combination of chemicals is dominant in a given person.
She administered the test to 28,000 people on a dating website and then watched to see whom they selected in their matches.
Findings showed that people with "active dopamine systems tended to be
reward-driven and impulsive, seeking out novelty and experience and
getting bored easily," LiveScience writes. They also "tended to be
curious, energetic, and mentally flexible, but not particularly
introspective”.
"They like their own type," Fisher said.
Serotonin also plays a role and is linked with personality types that
are less anxious and more social. These types also tend to be more
conscientious, religious, and drawn to people more like themselves.
But those with testosterone-dominant personalities – often highly
analytical and competitive – tended to be drawn to people with
personalities associated with high estrogen and oxytocin levels, who are
more nurturing and introspective, the report said.
The effect worked both ways, with the estrogen/oxytocin group being drawn to people who were more testosterone dominant.
Still, while these factors may spark attraction and the flood of
emotions in early love, what keeps a couple together? Fisher says it
boils down to one skill. "The simple ability to overlook everything you
cannot stand in someone," she said.
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