Have you ever been crazy in love? Scientists now say the brain activity of those in a whirlwind romance is nearly identical to those with mental illness, Philadelphia television station WCAU reported.
New research with brain scans finds that new love lights up the part of the brain that is also lit up by thirst, hunger and a craving for drugs.
"Of course, drug addictions can be very powerful, very compelling kinds of experiences for people and the kinds of experiences that people feel they need to have that kind of thing," said Dr. Andrew Newberg at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. "And if love runs along those same lines, it's really not completely surprising the same brain areas would be involved."
That means that new love might be less emotion and more physical addiction. The study's authors call it life's greatest addiction.
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