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"reward system"

Andreas Bartels

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The team found that the patterns of brain activity were very similar to those identified in an earlier study looking at the effects of romantic love. Both studies recorded increased activity in parts of the brain's "reward system". When these areas are stimulated, as they can be by food and drink, or even monetary gain they produce feelings of euphoria. But perhaps more surprisingly, both studies also showed reduced levels of activity in the systems necessary for making negative judgements. Lead researcher Dr Andreas Bartels said it was crucial that both romantic and maternal love were viewed by the brain in a highly positive way, because both were crucial to the perpetuation of the species.
研究團(tuán)隊(duì)發(fā)現(xiàn)大腦活動(dòng)的模式和早先研究愛對(duì)浪漫愛情影響的結(jié)果非常接近。 這兩項(xiàng)研究都記錄了部分大腦的“獎(jiǎng)賞系統(tǒng)”活動(dòng)增加。 這些區(qū)域受到刺激，如同吃食物、喝飲料、甚至收獲財(cái)富，會(huì)讓人產(chǎn)生愉悅的感覺。 但更令人驚訝的或許是，這兩項(xiàng)研究也顯示隨著系統(tǒng)活躍性水平降低，消極判斷也減少了。 研究員領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者安德里亞·巴特爾博士說，重要的是，大腦用一種非常積極的方式來看待浪漫的愛情和母愛，因?yàn)閮烧邔?duì)物種延續(xù)都至關(guān)重要。