What love does to your brain

– Posted on February 13, 2020Posted in: Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Local, New and Noteworthy, Web Exclusives

Joseph Overturf
MULTIMEDIA EDITOR

When you first fall in love with someone, you get a surge of the hormone oxytocin, “the love hormone,” as well as dopamine, “the pleasure hormone.” These emotions are processed in a small part of the brain known as the amygdala, which is the center of emotional processing inside of the brain. In a way, you are actually becoming addicted to your partner.