ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020
After the Honeymoon: Neural and Genetic Correlates of Romantic Love in Newlywed Marriages.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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- Romantic Love and Sleep Variations: Potential Proximate Mechanisms and Evolutionary Functions.Biology · 2021Review
- Proximate and Ultimate Perspectives on Romantic Love.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Review
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Abstract
In Western culture, romantic love is commonly a basis for marriage. Although it is associated with relationship satisfaction, stability, and individual well-being, many couples experience declines in romantic love. In newlyweds, specifically, changes in love predict marital outcomes. However, the biological mechanisms underlying the critical transition to marriage are unknown. Thus, for the first time, we explored the neural and genetic correlates of romantic love in newlyweds. Nineteen first-time newlyweds were scanned (with functional MRI) while viewing face images of the partner versus a familiar acquaintance, around the time of the wedding (T1) and 1 year after (T2). They also provided saliva samples for genetic analysis (
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