crave for 渴求
crave comfort and pleasure?
neuroscience 神經(jīng)科學(xué)
nerve system?
neurotransmitter 神經(jīng)遞質(zhì)
point to 指向陌僵,指的是
Love acts on the brain in the same way addiction does, much like how people crave alcohol and nicotine.?
nicotine?
Come again? 什么于个?(再說一遍,沒聽清,something is confusing to you)=pardon=sorry=what?
dopamine 多巴胺
the same brain region that produces dopamine lights up.?
light up激活=stimulate?
Not to mention all that obsessive thinking and separation anxiety.?
obsessive 過度的
be obsessed with= out of control?
repetitive 重復(fù)的/ do something repetitively?
bodily reactions, like butterflies in your stomach, weak knees = really nervous/ not settled?
I've got butterflies in my stomach before my interview. ?
too afraid to make those decisions, he is just too weak knees?
evolutionary roots 進(jìn)化的根源
dopamine fix 多巴胺滿足
What makes a relationship last?
passion stage 激情階段
sex drive 性沖動(dòng)/?impulse?
romantic love is about focusing your mating energy on one person at a time
thought experiment?
mating season 交配季
I'm not sure we can reduce something as complex and rich as love to brain systems.?
reductionist 簡(jiǎn)化的= reduce it too far?
love is many splendored things 美妙的事情= pretty wonderful and difficult to understand?
share with someone something?
procreate 生育
fix 一劑讓人滿足的東西= a dose of something (chemical or drug)
chocolate fix/ coffee fix (for guilty pleasure to the thing we love)
academia 學(xué)術(shù)界
trolley problem 電車難題
bonding with one partner?
mindless show 無聊的show= dull= boring?
it does not make love any less enjoyable
chemical reaction happened as the result of them
we should say it?up front 提前說
be linked with something?
so many variables 很多變量
he drops the big question/ he does not waste any time?
Even if the tickets were free, I still could not go to such a mindless show.?
If our ancestors did not get that dopamine fix, then we might not be around today.?