Novelty and Neurobiology of Love
I love studying human behavior, especially the neurobiology of why we work the way we do. Graydancer posted a link to this page and at the bottom was this video.
It does have some insight on dopamine, prolactin and oxytocin. For those of us who are natural novelty seekers and probably predisposed with the D4DR gene, it gives an explanation of why we may do some of the things we do.
The website link talks about monogamy vs. polyamory and doing what comes naturally. It is very important to not fight your natural inclinations and tendencies. Being novelty seekers we should continuously keep adding novelty to the relationship (or any relationship for that matter). Stagnation can kill many things, including a good sex life which can be detrimental to a relationship.
Toward the end of the video it touches on the reasons why we pick one person as opposed to another. We do tend to pick people of similar socioeconomic situations and similar attractiveness, but she suggest that there are more biological explanations. Anton LaVey developed a Synthesizer Clock that illustrates laws of attraction which could explain further, however it doesn’t get into why it works the way it does. It is based off the laws of opposites attract, which is no surprise anymore. But, from what I learned from an anthropologist she explained to me that we naturally look for partners with different genetic makeup. The more varieties of genes can offer better traits and reduces the risks of recessive genetic diseases such as Celiac disease. This can also further genetic diversity and evolution.
I’m still learning more about it. If you can correct me or add anything, please do.
