Brain, Neurochemistry and Relationships
Doctor Larry Young discusses the proposition that, although different in intensity, the bonds between friends, relations, and lovers have the same underlying biochemistry.
So one thing that people often ask is, is the biology underlying a bond between your partner, your loved one similar to the bond between friends, and we really don’t know but I suspect that there are a lot of commonalities. Probably the bond between you and your partner or family is a much stronger, a much higher degree bond, but I think the same underlying neurochemistry and brain structures are probably involved in all types of relationships, whether they are friendships, family relationships or your lover.
brain structures, family relationships, neurochemistry, commonalities, higher degree, friendships, bonds, biology, larry, young
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