The science of falling in love
6 Minute English
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đď¸ 1 August 2024
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What's really happening in our brain when we fall in love?
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| 0:00.0 | 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.com |
| 0:07.0 | Hello this is 6 minute English from BBC learning English. I'm Neil and I'm Beth. Head over heels, butterflies in the |
| 0:16.0 | tummy, the apple of my eye. In English there are many idioms to describe what |
| 0:22.2 | it feels like to fall in love. |
| 0:24.8 | Ah, I didn't know you were such a romantic, Neil. |
| 0:28.9 | But do you know what's actually happening in our brains when we fall in love because I'm sorry to say this |
| 0:35.2 | Neil but it's more about brain chemistry than romance specifically hormones |
| 0:40.9 | chemical messengers which the body releases into the blood to control our growth, mood, and yes, falling in love. |
| 0:49.0 | Thanks for ruining my romantic ideas, Beth. |
| 0:52.0 | And since my dreams are now shattered, why don't we spend the rest of this program |
| 0:55.8 | finding out exactly what is going on inside our bodies and brains when we fall in love? |
| 1:01.6 | And of course, learn some useful new vocabulary too. |
| 1:05.2 | There's no doubt that being in love has the health benefit of reducing stress, |
| 1:10.4 | even lengthening your life, but the hormones which the brain releases have an immediate |
| 1:16.6 | effect as well. |
| 1:17.8 | So, chemically speaking, what happens when lovers look into each other's eyes? |
| 1:25.0 | Is it A their body temperature increases, |
| 1:29.0 | B their heartbeats harmonize, |
| 1:32.0 | or C, the hairs stand up on the back of their neck. |
| 1:36.3 | Hmm. Is it all three? No, okay then I'll guess it's B. Their heartbeats harmonise. Okay we'll find out if that's |
| 1:46.4 | correct at the end of the program. According to Helen E Fisher, self-help |
| 1:52.0 | author and anthropologist at Rutgers University, there are three aspects |
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