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  • Essay / Annotated bibliography: do people agree on what makes...

    Annotated bibliographyOravecz, Z., Muth, C. and Vandekerckhove, J. (2016). Do people agree on what makes us feel loved? A cognitive psychometric approach to consensus on felt love. PLOS ONE, 11(4). This article discusses actions that make people feel loved. In a survey of male and female participants of varying ages, they were presented with scenarios and asked if they would have felt loved by these scenarios. People living in households with more family members showed that they believed they had a strong understanding of what causes the feeling of love. Overall, the kindness-centered storylines led people to choose to feel loved. Men had a harder time than women determining whether or not the scenarios would result in feelings of love, but responses varied based on personality traits. Those who are in relationships tend to view scenarios as loving when they are sure of how to respond, compared to those who are not in relationships. I chose to include this article because I was aware that everyone experiences love in different ways and it describes the relationship between the heart and the brain, and why certain feelings and hormones may originate from the heart while others come from the brain. The article confirms that he likes the basic science of hormones and brain interactions. Different types of love are visible in different parts of the brain. Unconditional family love is in a different section from passionate love which ignites in the same area as rewards in the brain. Scientists believe that by understanding what causes humans to fall in love or get heartbroken, they can develop more precise therapies for recovery. I was interested in reading this article because I had heard about the connections between the brain and falling in love. The article opened my eyes to what the heart controls when falling in love and what the brain controls, and it was very