http://clipmarks.com/clipper/earnric/tag/emotions/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/earnric/tag/emotions/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/D9703C2A-9EDA-4E58-BBC4-829FF3622D9C/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/earnric/">earnric</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> A very short excerpt describing the scientific basis of "love" ... <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.templeton.org/belief/hitchens_miller.html" title="http://www.templeton.org/belief/hitchens_miller.html">www.templeton.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> What science offers for explaining the feelings we experience when believing in God or falling in love is complementary, not conflicting;</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">I find it deeply interesting to know that when I fall in love with someone my initial lustful feelings are enhanced by dopamine, a neurohormone produced by the hypothalamus that triggers the release of testosterone, the hormone that drives sexual desire, and that my deeper feelings of attachment are reinforced by oxytocin, a hormone synthesized in the hypothalamus and secreted into the blood by the pituitary.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Further, it is instructive to know that such hormone-induced neural pathways are exclusive to monogamous pair-bonded species as an evolutionary adaptation for the long-term care of helpless infants. We fall in love because our children need us! Does this in any way lessen the qualitative experience of falling in love and doting on one's children? </div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/evolution/" rel="tag">evolution</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/emotions/" rel="tag">emotions</a></div>http://www.templeton.org/belief/hitchens_miller.htmlFri, 09 May 2008 21:37:37 GMT