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@ARTICLE{Rinne:1030411,
author = {Rinne, Pärttyli and Lahnakoski, Juha M and Saarimäki,
Heini and Tavast, Mikke and Sams, Mikko and Henriksson,
Linda},
title = {{S}ix types of loves differentially recruit reward and
social cognition brain areas},
journal = {Cerebral cortex},
volume = {34},
number = {8},
issn = {1047-3211},
address = {Oxford},
publisher = {Oxford Univ. Press},
reportid = {FZJ-2024-05284},
pages = {bhae331},
year = {2024},
abstract = {Feelings of love are among the most significant human
phenomena. Love informs the formation and maintenance of
pair bonds, parent-offspring attachments, and influences
relationships with others and even nature. However, little
is known about the neural mechanisms of love beyond romantic
and maternal types. Here, we characterize the brain areas
involved in love for six different objects: romantic
partner, one’s children, friends, strangers, pets, and
nature. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
to measure brain activity, while we induced feelings of love
using short stories. Our results show that neural activity
during a feeling of love depends on its object.
Interpersonal love recruited social cognition brain areas in
the temporoparietal junction and midline structures
significantly more than love for pets or nature. In pet
owners, love for pets activated these same regions
significantly more than in participants without pets. Love
in closer affiliative bonds was associated with
significantly stronger and more widespread activation in the
brain’s reward system than love for strangers, pets, or
nature. We suggest that the experience of love is shaped by
both biological and cultural factors, originating from
fundamental neurobiological mechanisms of attachment.},
cin = {INM-7},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-7-20090406},
pnm = {5251 - Multilevel Brain Organization and Variability
(POF4-525)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5251},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {39183646},
UT = {WOS:001297278600001},
doi = {10.1093/cercor/bhae331},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1030411},
}