Five Surprising Scientific Evidences when Someone in Love
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4. Disturbing Thoughts
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People in love report that they spend an average of more than 85 percent of their waking time thinking about the object of their love.
According to a 2012 study published in the Journal of Psychophysiology, men who are in love have lower serotonin levels than men who are not, the opposite is true for women. Men and women in love were found to think about their loved ones for about 65 percent of the time they were awake.
5. Planning for the Future
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Couples are often imagining the future is also a sign that someone is in love. According to an article by Harvard University, when serotonin levels begin to return to normal, the hormone oxytocin in the body increases.
A neuroscientist at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, Lucy Brown says this drive to be with others is like our drive to water and other things we need to survive.
"I consider romantic love to be part of the human reproductive strategy. It helps us form a pair bond, which helps us survive. We are built to experience the magic of love and are pushed in other directions," she says.