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Burunat, E. Psychology , 7 , Introduction Nearly 12, scientific articles each year, or one thousand monthly, have been written about emotion in PubMed from The Erroneous View of Considering Love as an Emotion Has Simple Causes In societies where men and women pair up freely, they both have a number of indicators that are socially accepted as signs of love; such signs include character compatibility, having fun together, physical attraction, etc.
Divorces are Originated by the Erroneous Consideration of Love as an Emotion Before marriage, men and women are likely to react differently to a love confession depending on whether it occurs before or after the onset of sexual activity Ackerman et al. The Mistake of Considering Love as an Emotion Has Deadly Consequences Although love is not an emotion, this erroneous interpretation of love can be associated to several emotional disorders and behaviours with huge repercussions in society.
Suicides Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, constitute the paradigm of the consequence of an impossible love. Love Is a Physiological Motivation Stricto sensu, love is a physiological motivation which changes the brain Song et al. Love Is an Inextinguishable Addiction to Another Person In the first months of life, discontinuation of breastfeeding causes hunger and thirst, indistinguishable by the baby.
Conclusion The present article sets out to briefly justify love as a physiological drive, and it also outlines the motives for its cultural misinterpretation as merely an emotion. Acknowledgements Dedicated to Beatriz S. Conflicts of Interest The author declares no conflict of interest.
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