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Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love
Experts: Love is a powerful drug Feb 13, 2007

Romantic love is not only an emotion, it's a basic mating drive, and it's stronger than the sex drive
Romantic love seen as basic drive Feb 14, 2006

When you're in the throes of this romantic love it's overwhelming, you're out of control, you're irrational
Love affects the brain like thirst, hunger May 31, 2005

Helen E. Fisher (born 1945) is an anthropology professor and human behavior researcher at Rutgers University and has studied romantic interpersonal attraction for over 30 years. Prior to becoming a research professor at Rutgers University, she was a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

Dr. Fisher is a leading expert on the biology of love and attraction. She's currently the most referenced scholar in the love research community. She was hired by match.com in 2005 to help build chemistry.com which used her research and experience to create both hormonal-based and personality-based matching system. She was one of the main speakers at the 2006 and 2008 TED (conference). On January 30, 2009, she was featured in an ABC News 20/20 special, Why Him? Why Her? The Science of Seduction, where she discussed her most recent research on brain chemistry and romantic love.

In her book, Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love, proposed that humanity has evolved three core brain systems for mating and reproduction:

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