Zitat des Tages von Helen Fisher:
Research shows that couples who have a lot of similarities, including intellectual compatibility, end up staying together.
I think romantic love evolved to enable you to focus your mating energy on just one individual at a time, thereby conserving mating time and energy.
Blushing is thought to be linked to increased levels of norepinephrine in the brain, which may be associated with romantic feelings. It signals that we are interested and excited, which is attractive to men.
Experiences shape the brain, but the brain shapes the way we view experiences, too.
My hypothesis is that conservative Republicans have very clear values, and when you have that, you're simply more relaxed.
Men want to think women don't cheat, and women want men to think they don't cheat, and therefore the sexes have been playing a little psychological game with each other.
In courtship, who wins and who loses will determine who passes on their DNA to tomorrow.
Nobody gets out of love alive. You turn into a menace or a pest when you've been rejected.
The brain was not built to walk into a bar, where you know nobody, and start a conversation. That's not the way humanity has courted.
We evolved in a tropical climate where the smells of plants and flowers were all around us. We spent a lot of time in the trees with a lot of sunlight and no clothes.
When chimps threaten, they open their mouth and show their teeth. It's a little like waving a knife in front of you. It's very primitive, and therefore bizarre.
A lot of people have been romantically in love with somebody who they feel wasn't appropriate to marry.
Women have a better sense of color and a better color memory. They're more likely to notice when something doesn't match; more likely to notice what you're wearing.
You size up someone physically in less than one second - too tall, too short, too fat, too thin, too old, too young, too stuffy, too scruffy.
Today, American women bear an average of 2.2 children that live to adulthood. Across most of Europe, women bear even fewer young.
A woman will toss her head and a man will say, 'Oh she's trying to pick me up,' when in fact she's not doing that at all. So, women actually have to be a little careful with what they do, because men will pick up things that they didn't mean.
Women are very attracted to a low voice because it's linked to testosterone, which for millions of years was a sign that men had very good spacial skills and would have been very good at hunting and finding their way back home.
I can't conceive of caring more about my president than my own partner.
More and more of us live segmented, compartmentalized lives. This isn't natural. For millions of years, our forebears knew everyone around them and everyone knew them.
After a man falls madly in love, he no longer cares how old she is.
Natural beauty really entices men. They will tell you this time and time again, and studies consistently prove it.
Barriers tend to intensify romance. It's called the 'Romeo and Juliet effect.' I call it 'frustration attraction.'
Overdone lipstick is a deterrent to men. It rubs off easily onto their skin and the edges of their shirts, so it discourages them from kissing, touching, and coming closer to you, which is what they really want to do!
Women are naturally prone to compete over their mates.
Along with our many human propensities, we evolved a huge cerebral cortex with which we make decisions.
Whether you're married or not, relationships - and the satisfaction tied to them - are extremely important for increasing men's and women's quality of life.
We are wired to find love.
Of all the foods we share, there is nothing more primordial than meat. It's no surprise that meat-eaters still want a partner who will give, receive and share this primordial symbol of a budding partnership.
Any time you choose not to hide your tattoo, you're limiting your social sphere, because they're not popular in big business.
As social animals, we need to exchange juicy tales about someone - to connect with one another. For millions of years our forebears must have sat around the campfire, whispering about everyone they knew.
We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine.
Women like signs of money and education - things that indicate that not only is this guy going to have some resources, but he's also willing to share them.
We still have community, but we don't seem to have local community. Even in a small town where you know your neighbors and your mother's down the street, they're not in arm's length.
Women spend their lives trying to look good for men. So a woman who feels she's sending the right visual signals is pleased with herself.
A hundred years ago, if you had a child out of marriage, you'd be a social disgrace. Today women feel comfortable enough economically and culturally to bring up a child without a recognized commitment from a man.
I think that property is very important in this day and age. It defines you; you worked hard to get it. It's meaningful to you, and when you divorce, a lot of people have a lot of battles over their property for good reasons.
