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Helen Fisher studies the brain in love

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为什么我们对爱情设那么地渴望,甚至会为它而死?为了探明我们对于爱情最本质的需求,海伦·费舍尔和她的研究团队对恋爱中的和失恋的人们进行了MRI测试。

Anthropologist Helen Fisher studies gender differences and the evolution of human emotions. She's best known as an expert on romantic love, and her beautifully penned books -- including Anatomy of Love and Why We Love -- lay bare the mysteries of our most treasured emotion. Full bio »

Translated into Chinese, Simplified by lawrence abele
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