HINTS:

"reward system"

Andreas Bartels

 

The team found that the patterns of brain activity were very similar to those identified in an earlier study looking at the effects of romantic love. Both studies recorded increased activity in parts of the brain's "reward system". When these areas are stimulated, as they can be by food and drink, or even monetary gain they produce feelings of euphoria. But perhaps more surprisingly, both studies also showed reduced levels of activity in the systems necessary for making negative judgements. Lead researcher Dr Andreas Bartels said it was crucial that both romantic and maternal love were viewed by the brain in a highly positive way, because both were crucial to the perpetuation of the species.
研究团队发现大脑活动的模式和早先研究爱对浪漫爱情影响的结果非常接近。 这两项研究都记录了部分大脑的“奖赏系统”活动增加。 这些区域受到刺激，如同吃食物、喝饮料、甚至收获财富，会让人产生愉悦的感觉。 但更令人惊讶的或许是，这两项研究也显示随着系统活跃性水平降低，消极判断也减少了。 研究员领导者安德里亚·巴特尔博士说，重要的是，大脑用一种非常积极的方式来看待浪漫的爱情和母爱，因为两者对物种延续都至关重要。