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Personality And Character
Like appearance, we tend to form preferences for those who remind us of our parents (or others close to us through childhood) because of their personality and
character, sense of humour, likes and dislikes, etc.
Pheromones
The word "pheromone" comes from the Greek words pherein and hormone, meaning "excitement carrier".
In the animal world, pheromones are individual scent "prints" found in urine or sweat that dictate sexual behaviour and attract the opposite sex. They help
animals identify each other and choose a mate with an immune system different enough from their own to ensure healthy offspring.
The existence of human pheromones was discovered in 1986 by scientists in Philadelphia and its counterpart in France. They found these chemicals in human
sweat. There is evidence that smell is an important aspect of love (note the booming perfume industry).
THE SCIENCE OF FALLING IN LOVE
Beyond the love songs, romantic poems, passionate novels and movies, love is the result
of complex processes in the body. What follows is a breakdown of love’s biology and the
ways humans experience romance with each other.
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