The science of romantic chemistry


	The science of romantic chemistry

Silkweaver

11-7-2008 5:28 PM

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neuroscience, chemistry, love, behavior

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11-7-2008 5:38 PM

debbyski

I've loved so hard in my life Silkweaver.

11-8-2008 11:08 AM

carrerinyes

Now this is my kind of science

11-8-2008 8:00 PM

Brimstone

So this explains, why i gravitate towards people i like. But i could easily have told anyone. I gravitate towards people i like is because i like them.

What i really wanna know, is why i like them. What in my brain tells me that i prefer redheads over blondes or legs over breasts, green eyes, brown skin than white?

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