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And it is based on the book, The Chemistry Between Us: Love, Sex and the Science of Attraction The Chemistry Between Us
It is basically the relationship book Malcolm Gladwell would write. Lots of science and evidence presented in an engaging way. Check it out if you like Freakanomics, Malcolm Gladwell and Guns, Germs and Steel.
I've just gotten started, but the studies they have found are really really interesting.
Like the Las Salinas in Dominican Republic where a subset of the women hit puberty and turn into men. Oh and women really start flirting and up their game with the bad boys when they are ovulating.
So I am halfway done with this book, and this is definitely the relationship book for science nerds.
There is a great chapter on how falling in love is like doing drugs, another one about how strippers make more money when ovulating. Oh and some really really interesting stuff about rats (voles) and monogamy.
I can't wait to see what crazy example will turn up next!
Oh it's definitely like doing drugs. Sometimes what we think is love is only an addiction to our own brain chemicals. Somehow that one person becomes the dopamine trigger, and we cling like a junkie to the needle. Been there!
One area that was really intriguing was the research around how mother-child bond affects your future relationships. Without going too chemistry, but one interesting result is that daughters with less of a "bond" actually started having sex earlier than ones with more of a "bond."
Oh and the chapter on cheating, polygamy and dopamine recepters was very interesting!
Another fun topic was around men and "territory" protecting and how that relates to bar fights.
The book ends with a lot of discussion around how knowing which chemicals trigger the emotions we feel could be applied to all sorts of areas, from improving autism symptoms, and improving feelings of "love" and "attachment" in arranged marriages.
Totally worth a read, and such a "good" application of chemistry. (And I am not very clued in on the whole brain chemistry thing, that was one area I totally did horribly in during school)
If you're interested in reading attachment patterns in adult romantic relationships, a book you might want to add to your Amazon wishlist: Attachment in Psychotherapy
Interesting read even if you are not a clinician. Helps to get a picture of who you're dating and how your dynamics may play out. You don't have to be a person's therapist. You can also gain insight to your own patterns too.
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