RE: Researcher finds sites of brain activated by romance

From: Vincent Campbell (v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk)
Date: Thu Nov 16 2000 - 12:49:57 GMT

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From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk>
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Subject: RE: Researcher finds sites of brain activated by romance
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    >Love might have a biological basis but many of the behaviors
    associated with love (giving flowers, >saying "I love you", holding hands,
    etc) are transmissible cultural traits. The question is, how far does >such
    behavior go towards defining the *feeling* of being in love? Without the
    cultural aspect, the >*feeling* might be different. Consider some
    non-western people. They have the same biology as us, >but they have no
    notion of 'romantic love' (unfortunately I can't cite a source for this info
    -- I read it >many years ago and can't remember where). I wonder if they
    *feel* the same as us when their brain >goes into the 'love state'.

    Surely Brent you mean that some cultures' conceptions of romantic love are
    not similar to ours? Isn't 'love' an evolutionary trick to ensure, firstly,
    that parents stay together long enough to ensure offspring survive to
    reporductive age, and perhaps is also an outward reflection of kin
    selection? You're quite right though IMHO that certain practices associated
    with feelings of love are cultural traits, and thus potentially memes.

    Vincent
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