Larry Young – The Chemistry Between Us : Love, Sex, and the Science of Attraction

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We have a lot of control over love. Less than we like to think. The most life-changing decisions we will ever make are unconsciously driven by a few molecules in our brains.

How does love start? How can two strangers decide that it would be nice to share their lives, but that they have to share them? How can a man cheat on his wife while he loves her? Some people stay in relationships even after roxadmance fades. Is it possible to fall in love with the wrong person? People have a type.

Physical attraction, jealousy, infidelity, mother-infant bonding, all the behaviors that so often leave us befuddled, are now being teased out of the fog of mystery thanks to today’s social neuroscience. Larry Young, one of the world’s leading experts in the field, and journalist Brian Alexander explain how those findings apply to you.

Drawing on real human stories and research from labs around the world, The Chemistry Between Us is a bold attempt to create a grand unified theory of love. There are some mind-blowing insights.

Love is an addiction and can get such a grip on us. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it A man is like a baby to a woman. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it It is false to say that society makes gender, and that it is possible to have the brain of one gender and the body of another. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it Some people are more likely to cheat than others. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it We sometimes can’t resist temptation.

Alexander and Young place their revelations into historical, political, and social contexts. They talk about everything from gay marriage to why single- mother households aren’t good for society. Love, sex, gender, sexual orientation, and family life are all explored in The Chemistry Between Us.