Reward, motivation, and emotion systems associated with early-stage intense romantic love

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 327-337

  Aron, Arthur ^a   Fisher, Helen ^c   Mashek, Debra J ^a,e   Strong, Greg ^a   Li, Haifang ^b   Brown, Lucy L ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; EMOTION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LIBIDO; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LOVE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERVIEWS; LOVE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21544456076     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00838.2004     Document Type: Article

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