First Statement 

The notion to explore love scientifically falls beside love as an emotion caused by chemical reactions in the body. I would like to explore some material associated with the production and development of how humans respond to these reactions, and then move on to connect with other people whether it is a relative, friend or acquaintance.  This notion also explores the truth behind love against the perceptions explored by human beings. Love thats described as a ‘feeling’ or an ’emotion’ is juxtaposed against what it can initially be seen as a more enticing beauty of life; a mentality everyone wishes to experience within their lifetimes.

The Biology of Love 

Love can be explained as ‘biological‘ by many different factors. Love biologically can be maternal, romantic, etc. A few examples can be:

• A mutual parental support of children for an extended time period.
• The human language has been selected during evolution as a type of “mating signal” that allows potential mates to judge reproductive fitness.
• The conventional view in biology is that there are three major drives in love – sex drive, attachment, and partner preference. The primary neurochemicals (neurotransmitters, sex hormones, and neuropeptides) that govern these drives are testosterone, oestrogen, dopamine, oxytocin, and vasopressin.

The Association of  Psychological Science 

In an article lead by The Association of Psychological Science, “The Evolution of the Human Brain: Whats love got to do with it?”  the human is described as an ‘evolutionary puzzle‘. Victoria University’s researchers Garth Fletcher of Wellington, New Zealand and collaborators Jeffry A. Simpson, Lorne Campbell, and Nickola C argue that the adaptation of romantic love may have played a key role in the evolution of our  sophisticated brains and social aptitude during the ageing process: “Evolutionary adaptations typically have a jury-rigged nature, and romantic love is no exception” adds Fletcher.
Nevertheless, the researchers posit that romantic love allowed our early ancestors to form long-term, monogamous pair-bonds, which in turn created more available resources for raising children. This perception contradicts that with the absence of love counteracts the  stereotypes within a ‘perfect’ family lifestyle. The authors subject the means of love to produce valuable offspring with the ability to attain happiness, purity and quality of life: “These shared cooperative efforts to raise offspring and support others would have enabled hominins to evolve larger brains and stretch child development from birth to early adulthood…beyond the levels apes could attain.”  

Examined Existence

In an article explored by the Brain science segment Examined Existence suppress the scientific emotion of love in an article called: “Why We Fall in Love: The Science of Love”. Love is described as a ‘devoted‘ and ‘passionate‘ feeling

Study lead by Arthur Anum: Psychopharmacology (2012)

Definition of Psychopharmacology:

 “The study of the effect of drugs on the mind and behaviour” 

An article in Psychopharmacology (2012) concluded when compared to behavioral addiction, social attachment is similar—individuals become addicted to other because of the returned reward. In this essence, Arun subjects love as a sort of ‘drug-like’ emotions, concluding its vulnerability for people to latch onto in an addicting way. There is a chemical chain of reaction triggered in our bodies ultimately instigating the feeling of love to strike our minds. Arguably, falling in love is getting into what can be described as a “beautiful trap set up by nature, a natural occurrence we cannot fight”. According to a science-based study by Arun, on average, the mind of a person takes between 90 seconds to 4 minutes to determine whether it is struck by love or not.

Some of the highlighted points of the study –
• 55% of the role is played by body language; this means a brain detects the activities of body movement and decides whether it has received the signals of love or not
• 38% of the decision to be in love is contributed by the voice—its tone and change in frequency
• 7% is the reaction to a lover’s statement or choice of words