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title: "Biology of romantic love"
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Participants also tended to press the button by mistake more often when distracted by the loved one than the friend. Some brain scan experiments of early-stage romantic love have found activation of the posterior cingulate cortex, which is implicated in autobiographical memory of socially relevant stimuli (e.g. partner names) and attention. Most experiments (including long-term romantic love) have shown activity in the hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus, areas involved with learning and memory.

== See also ==

== References ==

=== Bibliography ===

== External links ==
The Nature of Love (1958) - Harry Harlow, American Psychologist, 13, 573–685
HowStuffWorks: How Love Works