Just Need A fifth brain Seconds to Love

Although many say that love grows in the liver, the process is actually more prevalent in the brain. More astonishing, love at first sight really happen because the brain responds very quickly.

Not just fast because it occurred within 0.2 seconds, the presence of feelings of love also involves a very complex process. There are at least 12 areas in the brain involved in the release of various emotions of love hormones such as dopamine, oxytocin, adrenaline and vasopressin.

The role of each part of the brain differently depending on the shape of love experienced by a person. For example in unconditional love (unconditional love) as was the case experienced by a mother against her children, the role of the midbrain.

The dominance of a more complex role occurs precisely at the passion (passionate love). In this kind of feeling, there are some parts of the brain tend to be more active in between the reward system which is a pleasure as well as the cognitive center for body imaging.

Feelings of love is also characterized by increased levels of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) in the blood. Chemical compounds which recorded a sharp increase when a person fascinated by this partner to prove that the phenomenon of 'love at first sight "really exist.

"Any reaction that occurs in the liver actually originated from the brain. Therefore I would say love it is formed in the brain, not in heart," said Stephanie Ortigue, a professor from Syracuse University in New York as quoted by the ScienceDaily, Monday (26 / 10/2010).

Prof. Ortigue examining brain reaction when they fall in love and then publish the results in the Journal of Sexual Medicine recently. He hopes his findings could be useful in dealing with emotional disorders and depression in people who rarely knows what it's like falling in love.