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Where does love come from?

Professor Jim Pfaus.
Professor Jim Pfaus.

A Concordia study helped create the first brain map of love and desire. Co-authored by Jim Pfaus, a professor in the Department of Psychology and member of the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, the study also shows that love “works the same way in the brain as when people become addicted to drugs”: The Daily Mail, ABC News, The Irish Independent, The Belfast Telegraph, EarthSky, Big Pond, The Independent, The Toronto Telegraph, Canadian Health Reference Guide, NewZealand.co, The West Australian, Prime 7, Metro, WTMA 1250, Express, The Hindustan Times, PsychCentral, Indian Express, News Track India, Everyday Health, Counsel & Heal, Medical Daily, KVOR 740, Shine, Sidney Morning Herald, The Age, The Press Association, Medical Express, Pretoria News, Le quotidien du médecin, Global Post, Med India and Sunday Mercury.

More coverage appears in The Toronto Star, Radio-Canada, Metro CanadaThe LocalThird AgeFars News AgencyWBRCKuam NewsMed BroadcastMSN HealthFox News Las VegasFlorida Today,Uptown Magazine, Philadelphia InquirerL’EssentielLe NouvelisteLe MatinLa tribune de Genève24 Heures20 minutesUS NewsHispanically Speaking NewsJezebel, KSTC 45, Female First, Yahoo HealthEmpowHer, Terrafemina, First Coast News, Glamour, iAfricaShineThe Huffington Post, Big 100.3, People inside, Rescu, Inamibia, Malaysia Chronicle, Men’s Journal and Health 24. Pfaus was also on CJAD’s The Aaron Rand Show on July 16 to discuss this study.


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