How love and heartbreak rewire your brain - BBC World Service

Why does love feel amazing and heartbreak like actual pain? Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM Here, we look at the brain scans of people in the early stages of relationships to explore where love shows up in the brain and why it plays such an important role in human survival. Plus, we explain what happens in the brain when we get our heart broken and what neuroscience tells us about recovering. 00:00 Why does heartbreak hurt so much? 01:08 How scientists started studying love 01:55 What happens in the brain when we fall in love 02:41 Brain chemistry: Why love is a survival system 03:21 How love changes your sense of self 04:47 The neuroscience of social bonding: What do oxytocin and vasopressin do? 05:58 Why heartbreak hurts and what it looks like in the brain 06:35 Can a broken heart make you physically ill? The effects of loss 07:06 How to recover after a breakup Check out more videos where we take you deeper into the subjects shaping the news 👉🏽    • Explaining the world   ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #heartbreak #love