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Fisher, Aron and Brown (2005) start learning		dopamine and romantic love
Aim start learning		To investigate neural mechanisms of romantic love.
Participants start learning		17 participants who where "intensely in love" with someone, mean age 21, mean duration of BIL 7 months
Method and design start learning		Experiment; repeated measures design
Procedure 1/2 start learning		Participants were placed in fMRI scanner and went through following four steps (repeated 6 times)
Procedure 2/2 start learning		1. viewing photo of loved person 2. filler activity 3. viewing photo of emotionally neutral acquaintence 4. filler activity Brain responses to first and third step were compered.
Results start learning		There was specific pattern of activation in the brain in response to the photographs of the loved ones. Especially significant in dopamine-rich areas brain areas.

Fisher, Aron and Brown (2005)