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Why Clingy People Feel Colder

An icy stare may do more than just chill your heart metaphorically — it can literally change the way you perceive ambient temperature, making a room feel several degrees colder.

A Blood Test to Predict Everlasting Love?

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If you want to know if he loves you so, a new study suggests that the secret may not be in his kiss, but in his far less romantic-sounding blood levels of oxytocin.

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To Avoid Regret, Put Romance First, Work Second

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You’ll feel much worse about forgetting to buy flowers on Valentine’s Day than cutting out of work early, according to a study about what Americans regret most.

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For Love and Money: Why Men Spend More When Women Are Few

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When women are in short supply, they expect men to pay more for engagement rings, dinner dates and Valentine’s Day gifts.

Q&A: What We Can Learn From the Dutch About Teen Sex

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(Updated) Teen birth rates are eight times higher in the U.S. than in Holland. Abortion rates are twice as high. The American AIDS rate is three times greater than that of the Dutch. What are they doing right that we’re not?

Tracing the Circuits of Self-Loathing in the Depressed Brain

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They say there’s a fine line between love and hate, as evidenced by the fact that the same brain circuitry processes both intense love and severe hatred. Now a new study finds that that the key wiring that connects brain regions in this circuit is weakened in people suffering from depression.

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Relationships 101: Having a Supportive Mom Helps You Commit

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Commitment can be a scary word. But if you want to teach your child how to love well, new research suggests being a supportive mom is key.

Love and Addiction: Voles in Love Just Say No To Speed

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While love doesn’t always conquer all, it can be a potent antidote to addiction, according to a growing body of research. The latest study on the matter examined male prairie vole behavior, finding that those that had bonded to a female partner were less interested in taking amphetamine than bachelor voles.

Why the Pain of Romantic Rejection Feels Like a Punch in the Gut

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There are only a lucky few among us who can’t relate to the intense pain of being rejected by a significant other. If a breakup is unexpected, it’s all the more painful — it can hurt with such intensity that you can’t breathe, as if you’ve been punched in the gut.

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Does Your Partner Hold Grudges? Blame It on His Mother

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All couples fight, and how you recover from a tiff has a lot to do with the health of your relationship. It also has a lot to do with Mom: those partners who are able to bounce back quickest are likely to have had more secure relationships with their caregivers as infants, according to new [...]