Cultural differences might not reflect biology, as
researchers have found that romantic love is really in the brain and folks from
Asia are just as passionate early on as Westerners, they just don't show it the
same.
Asia are just as passionate early on as Westerners, they just don't show it the
same.
A new study published in Human Brain Mapping (online publication date: 16
April 2010) set out to clarify this issue using a non self-report method:
neuroimagining via functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). was done by
Xiaomeng Xu, Doctoral Candidate in Psychology and Arthur Aron, Professor of
Psychology, both at Stony Brook University, with Lucy Brown at Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, Guikang Cao and Tingyong Feng of Southwest University,
China and Xuchu Weng of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, conducted the study.
In the study researchers examined brain patterns of 18 Chinese college students who had justfallen madly in love and were in the early stages of a romantic relationship.
The students were given an experiment where they looked at pictures of the
romantic partner vs an acquaintance. The results of the study were compared toa previous one done with American Stony Brook University students to lookk atcultural differences in relationshiop to brain activations for early-stage
passionate love.
April 2010) set out to clarify this issue using a non self-report method:
neuroimagining via functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). was done by
Xiaomeng Xu, Doctoral Candidate in Psychology and Arthur Aron, Professor of
Psychology, both at Stony Brook University, with Lucy Brown at Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, Guikang Cao and Tingyong Feng of Southwest University,
China and Xuchu Weng of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, conducted the study.
In the study researchers examined brain patterns of 18 Chinese college students who had justfallen madly in love and were in the early stages of a romantic relationship.
The students were given an experiment where they looked at pictures of the
romantic partner vs an acquaintance. The results of the study were compared toa previous one done with American Stony Brook University students to lookk atcultural differences in relationshiop to brain activations for early-stage
passionate love.
This study found that the patterns of brain response were extremely similar for Chinese and Americans. For people intenselyin love in both cultures, viewing images of the beloved elicited brain
activation in much the same way.
activation in much the same way.
Love, and how it feels, is the same early on for
folks, this research explains, but experience, time and culture impacts how it
is portrayed.
folks, this research explains, but experience, time and culture impacts how it
is portrayed.
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