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Love begins with sex
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
While poets and writers preach that love begins to grow from the heart, scientists have discovered that it grows directly from passion, that is, begins to increase after sexual contact. And it happens at the level of the brain. So, a new study has shown that the same areas of the brain that control love control and sexual attraction. Thus, sex drive can turn into love. It's right. If a woman has sex with a man, then she may soon fall in love with him.
Researchers from the University of Concordia in Montreal argue that love and sex are cross concepts, but in the meantime they are different. For example, you can do sex without love. But sex can also be the beginning of a wonderful relationship. How does it all work? The central part of the brain and the striped body play a role both in sexual attraction and in love. The central part influences emotions, and the striatum receives messages from the cerebral cortex. To link sex and love, the researchers examined 20 MRI studies. They studied areas of the brain that light up when a person is in love. And then they compared the results of all the works and found out what parts of the brain were active.
Thus, they managed to find out that both love and sexual desire overlap each other in both parts of the brain. Interestingly, during the orgasm and anticipation of a very tasty dessert, the same signal in the brain lights up. As for love, its signal is the same as that of a drug addict when taking a drug. However, the most interesting is the relationship of sexual passion and love. These feelings are not separate. And, of course, even if there was love at first sight, it certainly will not remain platonic for a long time, and after sex will flare up with more force.
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