The part of the brain that lit up the strongest was that associated with rewards and pleasure, a finding not nearly as poetic as romantics would have thought. It turns out that, to the brain, love is just another reward, much like chocolate or money, or like a drug to an addict. This brain system gets used every time you want something. Read Article [1]

• http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/02/14/science.of.love/index.html [1]