The Pulse

Science of Love


Listen Later

What is love? Is it that warm and fuzzy feeling, that crazed obsession, that deep sentiment of trust and good will? It's all of those things, but where and how does love happen in our bodies? On this episode, we put love under the microscope (and into a brain scanner) to understand where this emotion begins, and where it takes us. We talk with neurologists and psychologists to get a better understanding of the feeling that can turn us into heroes, fools — or both.

Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR Privacy Policy

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The PulseBy WHYY

  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6

4.6

299 ratings


More shows like The Pulse

View all
This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

91,061 Listeners

TED Radio Hour by NPR

TED Radio Hour

22,000 Listeners

Radiolab by WNYC Studios

Radiolab

44,013 Listeners

Fresh Air by NPR

Fresh Air

38,526 Listeners

Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Hidden Brain

43,623 Listeners

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! by NPR

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

38,712 Listeners

The Moth by The Moth

The Moth

27,266 Listeners

Snap Judgment by Snap Judgment and PRX

Snap Judgment

11,612 Listeners

Here & Now Anytime by NPR

Here & Now Anytime

1,000 Listeners

Voices in the Family by WHYY

Voices in the Family

37 Listeners

KERA's Think by KERA

KERA's Think

929 Listeners

Death, Sex & Money by Slate Podcasts

Death, Sex & Money

7,733 Listeners

Science Friday by Science Friday and WNYC Studios

Science Friday

6,347 Listeners

To The Best Of Our Knowledge by Wisconsin Public Radio

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

934 Listeners

Throughline by NPR

Throughline

16,238 Listeners

Short Wave by NPR

Short Wave

6,371 Listeners

Eleanor Amplified by WHYY

Eleanor Amplified

2,205 Listeners

A.I. Nation by WHYY

A.I. Nation

192 Listeners