Barry was a grumpy and ungrateful husband. His wife, Sue, tried to remember the last time he had made eye contact with her, let alone when they had last laughed together. It wasn’t what she had ...

Your heart pounds, thoughts obsess over one person, and rational thinking flies out the window. Love doesn’t just feel like a drug – your brain literally processes it like one. Understanding this ...

Love may feel mysterious, all-consuming, even transcendent, but cutting-edge neuroscience is beginning to show us that it is decidedly physical. Falling in love triggers brain chemistry, awakens ...

This science piece is a winning entry for a nationwide science journalism competition by Raffles Institution students. Read ...

They don’t call love a drug for nothing. When we fall for someone, our brains release a cocktail of chemicals, creating feelings of euphoria and pleasure and (if all goes well) closeness and comfort.

When people think about improving their love life, they rarely think about their brain. But they should. As a neurologist who has spent decades studying memory, aging, and brain health, I’ve become ...

A good friend of mine recently reminded me that I was once heartbroken by a certain Kamba girl. We were passing by her house, so he made a joke about it, but I didn’t laugh. I let his joke dry on the ...

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, relationships are on everyone’s mind. For Prof. Elizabeth Riley, psychology, it’s something that she discusses and studies daily through her course, HD 3620: ...