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title: "Biology of romantic love"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_of_romantic_love"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
date_saved: "2026-05-05T15:53:39.742070+00:00"
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Helen Fisher, Arthur Aron and colleagues have proposed that romantic love is a "positive addiction" (i.e. not harmful) when requited and a "negative addiction" when unrequited or inappropriate.