大脑中的激情之爱,MRI扫描揭示 [网络独家图文]

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十几个大脑区域协同工作,产生激情之爱的感觉。雪城大学的斯蒂芬妮·奥尔蒂格和她在世界各地的同事比较了MRI研究,对象是那些表示自己正处于恋爱中或体验母爱或无条件爱的人。比较揭示了一个“激情网络”——此处以不同角度显示的红色区域。该网络在大脑和血液中释放神经递质和其他化学物质,产生吸引力、兴奋、快乐……和痴迷的感觉。

要了解更多关于该网络如何影响认知功能的细节,请参阅《大众科学》2011年2月刊中的“图解科学:恋爱中的大脑”一文。

图表作者:James W. Lewis,西弗吉尼亚大学


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Mark Fischetti has been a senior editor at 大众科学 for 17 years and has covered sustainability issues, including climate, weather, environment, energy, food, water, biodiversity, population, and more. He assigns and edits feature articles, commentaries and news by journalists and scientists and also writes in those formats. He edits History, the magazine's department looking at science advances throughout time. He was founding managing editor of two spinoff magazines: 大众科学 Mind and 大众科学 Earth 3.0. His 2001 freelance article for the magazine, "Drowning New Orleans," predicted the widespread disaster that a storm like Hurricane Katrina would impose on the city. His video What Happens to Your Body after You Die?, has more than 12 million views on YouTube. Fischetti has written freelance articles for the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian, Technology Review, Fast Company, and many others. He co-authored the book Weaving the Web with Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, which tells the real story of how the Web was created. He also co-authored The New Killer Diseases with microbiologist Elinor Levy. Fischetti is a former managing editor of IEEE Spectrum Magazine and of Family Business Magazine. He has a physics degree and has twice served as the Attaway Fellow in Civic Culture at Centenary College of Louisiana, which awarded him an honorary doctorate. In 2021 he received the American Geophysical Union's Robert C. Cowen Award for Sustained Achievement in Science Journalism, which celebrates a career of outstanding reporting on the Earth and space sciences. He has appeared on NBC's Meet the Press, CNN, the History Channel, NPR News and many news radio stations. Follow Fischetti on X (formerly Twitter) @markfischetti

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