Why We Love

Anthropologist Helen Fisher studies gender differences and the evolution of human emotions. She's best known as an expert on romantic love, and her beautifully penned books -- including Anatomy of Love and Why We Love -- lay bare the mysteries of our most treasured emotion.

出版者:Henry Holt and Co.

作者:Helen Fisher

页数:320

出版时间:2004-2-4

价格:USD 25.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780805069136

图书标签:心理学爱情两性anthropology英文原版love社会心理学情感

Helen Fisher's courageous investigations of romantic love -- its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its vital importance to human society -- are informing and transforming the way we understand ourselves. Fisher describes love as a universal human drive (stronger than the sex drive; stronger than thirst or hunger; stronger perhaps than the will to live), and her many areas of inquiry shed light on timeless human mysteries, like why we choose one partner over another.

Almost unique among scientists, Fisher explores the science of love without losing a sense of romance: Her work frequently invokes poetry, literature and art -- along with scientific findings -- helping us appreciate our love affair with love itself. In her research, and in books such as Anatomy of Love and 2004's Why We Love, Fisher looks at questions with real impact on modern life. Her latest research raises serious concerns about the widespread, long-term use of antidepressants, which may undermine our natural process of attachment by tampering with hormone levels in the brain.

"In hands as skilled and sensitive as Fisher's, scientific analysis of love only adds to its magic."

Scientific American

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《情种起源》用科学解释爱情，很多有趣的例子，有点意思，女性喜欢金钱和地位高的雄性是护育幼雏的本能，男性喜欢腰臀比为0.7的年轻女性，在寻求短期情人时，他们更倾向于无视一个女人的无脑，喜欢有过去的女人，而选择长期伴侣时，无论如何，他们会对基本品格变得吹毛求疵起来...  

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