Along with our many human propensities, we evolved a huge cerebral cortex with which we make decisions.
Helen FisherTouch is the mother of the senses. Not only are women more sensitive when they touch, but they're also more sensitive to being touched.
Helen FisherThe brain was not built to walk into a bar, where you know nobody, and start a conversation. That's not the way humanity has courted.
Helen FisherThere's all kinds of reasons that you fall in love with one person rather than another: Timing is important. Proximity is important. Mystery is important. You fall in love with somebody who's somewhat mysterious, in part because mystery elevates dopamine in the brain, probably pushes you over that threshold to fall in love.
Helen Fisher