Neuroscientists that we overestimate the importance of our conscious choice in love, and underestimate the role of hormones.
Neuroscientists Young and Alexander offer a witty work on oxytocin, vasopressin, androstenedione, and dopamine. Or rather, about how we fall in love and our life turns upside down, in what heaven marriages are made, where we take the strength to be on duty at the children’s bed, how we can still love, but change. According to the authors of the book, we overestimate the role of conscious choice in our love relationships and underestimate the susceptibility of our brains to the same chemicals that affect the brains of animals. The chemistry of love and the nature of human society are spoken of with exceptional ease and respect for our romantic feelings.
Translation from English by Anna Davydova.
Sinbad, 432 p.