Meanwhile, there are a bunch of different types of romantic love too. Ancient Greek society understood eight different concepts of love, each embodied by a different word – and they’re all ...

Dr Rinne has previously mapped out where in the body different types of love are felt, but this gives the first insight into the neurological processes behind the experience.

Different types of love engage different brain networks. Romantic and parental love show widespread activation of the brain's emotional centers. Compassionate love activates brain areas of altruism.

Some types of love were felt spread only to the chest, while others were felt all over, they say. But the strongest forms of love, according to the study, were felt most widely throughout the body.

A recent study published in Cerebral Cortex has deepened our understanding of how the brain processes six distinct types of love. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers ...

"We now provide a more comprehensive picture of the brain activity associated with different types of love than previous research," study co-author Pärttyli Rinne, a philosopher and researcher at ...

New research reveals where the brain feels six different types of love—and which is the strongest. By Madeleine Haase Published: Sep 18, 2024 8:30 AM EDT Save Article ...

New research sheds light on where and how we feel different kinds of love. Researchers at Aalto University have made a map of where in the body different types of love are felt and how strongly ...

In their research [1], Rinne and colleagues set out to understand how different types of love might activate the brain. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), they observed the brain ...

Philosophical Psychology/SWNS All types of love were felt strongly in the head, but differed elsewhere. Some spread only to the chest, while others had people curling their toes.