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  1. The psychology of love: 10 groundbreaking insights into the ...

    Discover how love works! From how it boosts our happiness to the way we pick partners and show affection, this article dives into the science behind our romantic connections and what keeps them strong.

  2. A decade of love: mapping the landscape of romantic love ...

    Due to their significance, future research on romantic love will continue to explore topics such as intimate partner violence, teenage dating violence victimization, attachment...

  3. Proximate and Ultimate Perspectives on Romantic Love - PMC

    Research into the social mechanisms and genetics of romantic love are in their infancy, but there is substantial theory on psychological mate choice mechanisms and ample research has been undertaken into the neural and endocrine activity associated with romantic love.

  4. Debunking Love Myths: A New Look at Romance and Science

    Summary: A new study challenges popular romance myths, debunking the Five Love Languages with evidence-based research. The work, proposes a ‘balanced diet’ metaphor for expressing love, emphasizing the need for diverse and evolving expressions of affection in relationships.

  5. Popular Psychology Through a Scientific Lens: Evaluating Love ...

    In this review, we critically evaluate existing research on love languages, discuss potential reasons for its popularity, propose an alternative metaphor that could replace the love languages, and emphasize the importance of bridging the gap between popular lay theories and relationship science.

  6. Love and Attraction – Association for Psychological Science – APS

    Research Topic: Love and Attraction. Podcast: In this episode of Under the Cortex, Amy C. Moors joins APS's Ludmila Nunes and demystifies common misconceptions about consensually nonmonogamous relationships. Endless Love: You’ve Got Ideas About Consensual Nonmonogamy.

  7. 10 Research-Based Truths About People in Love - Psychology Today

    1. Love is different than passion or lust. Physical attraction is an important part of love for most of us, but emotional love is different than lust. This is why one-night stands...

  8. The psychology of romantic relationships: motivations and ...

    Several researchers clustered basic romantic motivations into higher-order motivations. One partition distinguished between autonomous (e.g., fun) and non-autonomous motivations (e.g., fulfilling others’ expectations) (Townsend et al., 2020).

  9. Valentine’s Day: Research Topics on love, relationships, and ...

    What’s not to love about the hottest research edited by top scientists like you? With collective views of over 1.8 million, researchers explored topics spanning from digital intimacy and emotional intelligence to the evolution of monogamy and the role of trust in human interaction.

  10. Love: What Is It, Why Does It Matter, and How Does It Operate?

    This article describes some of the more central and well-established findings from psychologically informed research on love and its influence in adult human relationships. We discuss research on how love is defined, the significance of love for human activity and well-being, and evidence about the mechanisms by which love is believed to operate.