love talk:the science of love

sparks fly, surrounded by the sweet romance, yes!, I'm in love. Do you ever think that falling in love is come from a chemical-drip,drip- reaction in your body? can you control the feeling of love?

white chocolate, colorful roses, lovely piggy or 'bear-bear' soft toys, candle-light dinner, Valentine day.....the perfect complementary sets to express your unshaven love to your love ones. thus, the point to ponder is, why it is so? what is the cause to trigger a person to execute those planning? it is the, nature, tradition, wisdom or the chemical reaction inside the person's body?

love is essential, it is then known as the intentionally respond to promote well-being. over centuries, love had been widely used as the theme of art works, poems, songs, plays, literature, global operations, politic statements, and even the studies of science,

in the past century, love had been greatly explored in the science researches and studies. in biological findings, love (as sex) is viewed as a mammalian drive, like hunger and thirst. on the other hand, in psychology, love sees more as social and cultural phenomenon. further on, all these research papers had been led into neuroscience studies which summed up love, as a chemical reaction occurred in the system of the human body. there are probably elements in both views- the chemical of body, hormones and pheromones, certainly had influenced a person's feeling of love. researches and MRI scan had shown the result of the human brain when it is in love. therefore, the science database of love is debatable against the nature proclamation of love.

in 1992, a book- The Anatomy of Love- had drawn out the three main phases of love. 1st- lust.2nd-attraction and 3rd- attachment. inside it's finding,it had stated that when person is about to fall in love, he or she must undergo the stage of lust which is the basic sexual instinct. then, the person will upgrade to another phase, the attraction phase where the plannings and doings to express love took place. After that, he or she will move on to the third phase, the attachment.here, the couple of love ones will change the form of romantic love into liking, or from consummate to companionate. in these stages, different types of hormone involved in order to change the sparks of love to passionate love.

in 2006, an article in National Geographic- Love: The Chemical Reaction,- had discussed the love and the responsible of chemicals. In it's discussion, love is drove by two major drives - the sexual desire and the attachment. and, sets of chemical had took place to generate love.

Love = Cocktail of Hormones

from the equition above, hormones are the basic algebra. Hormone is the chemical messenger which giving out signal from one cell to another through blood stream. and the route for this traveler is the endocrine system. the master coordinator of the hormonal activity in mammals is the hypothalamus acting on input it receive from the central nervous system.

The Central Nervous System of Human

Due to the brain is the master coordinator, every single signal sent must come through it. Brain control your feeling, love for instance. when a person is falling in love, the brain will send sets of signal to cause a certain stimulation of hormones and this causes various types of effects, for example, when you see your love one, your heart will beat faster without your consent.

Now let us see, what types of hormone will cause us fall and stay in love.

• Testosteron and Estrogen-sex drive hormones
• Adrenaline -The initial stages of falling for someone activates your stress response, increasing your blood levels of adrenalin and cortisol. This has the charming effect that when you unexpectedly bump into your new love, you start to sweat, your heart races and your mouth goes dry.
• Dopamine-This chemical stimulates ‘desire and reward’ by triggering an intense rush of pleasure. It has the same effect on the brain as taking cocaine!
• Serotonin-One of love's most important chemicals that may explain why when you’re falling in love, your new lover keeps popping into your thoughts
• Oxytocin- is a powerful hormone released by men and women during orgasm.
  It probably deepens the feelings of attachment and makes couples feel much closer to one another after they have had sex. The theory goes that the more sex a couple has, the deeper their bond becomes.
• Vasopressin-another important hormone in the long-term commitment stage and is released after sex.

Overview-

The concept of love, however, is a rather debatable one. Some deny the existence of love, stating that it is a recently invented abstraction. Humans, being what they are, can't help themselves; they will make the same errors in judgment repeatedly, and continue to fall in "love". Love remains as a mystical theory: the science of love. Thus, whether a relationship will last or not can be determined by science.

Summary:
Hormones>>>>>Love>>>>>Sex>>>>>Reproduction