However, to this day, no one can confidently answer the question - what is love? Romantics endow this feeling with tenderness and sublimity, pragmatists believe that love is just passion and affection, and scientists come to the conclusion that falling in love is a chemical reaction of the body. Probably, the versatility of views and opinions hovering around this feeling is explained by the fact that love is presented to everyone in different guises.

1. Monogamous love exists
Some psychologists tend to believe that a person is polygamous on an instinctive, natural level. However, if you observe the world of fauna, you will notice that some species of mammals choose their only partner for life. For example, monogamy is present among animals such as gibbons, swans, wolves, albatrosses, and black vultures.

2. Sympathy is born during the first 4 minutes of dating
Love doesn't start right away. However, sympathy for a person always arises during the first meeting, namely, during the first 4 minutes of communication.

3. The hearts of lovers beat in sync
When lovers look into each other's eyes, their hearts surprisingly begin to beat in time. To date, scientists have not been able to scientifically explain this phenomenon.

4. Love affects the body like cocaine.
Feelings of a man in love are almost identical to the euphoria that comes from a dose of cocaine.

5. Love replaces painkillers
It has been proven that hugging and touching a loved one can reduce pain. This is due to the fact that at this moment a special “pain-relieving” hormone is produced in the brain.

6. Couples that look alike are less likely to fight.
Numerous studies have found that couples with a certain similarity in appearance live a stronger and happier marriage than couples with the opposite type of appearance.

7. Couples with the same level of emotionality and temperament are unlikely to be together.
People who have the same outlook on life, as well as preferences, start relationships very easily. However, according to psychologists, it is difficult for partners with similar characters to build a serious relationship, because sooner or later they will become bored together.

8. "Heartbreak" exists
Experiencing a love tragedy, we often resort to a beautiful metaphor: “heartbreak”. In reality, the heart, of course, cannot break, but due to systematic experiences in the body, the production of certain substances that stimulate the work of the heart muscle slows down, which is why the heart hurts with real pain.

9. Falling in love lasts no more than a year
According to scientists, a person can be in a state of love for no more than a year. At the end of this period, he either moves to a new stage of conscious love, or is disappointed in his partner.

10. Being in love is like a mental disorder.
Studies have shown that an interesting chemical reaction occurs in the body of a person who is in love - a sharp drop in serotonin levels and an increase in cortisol levels. Exactly the same reaction occurs in the body of a person suffering from mild mental disorders.
1. Memories of love promote creative thinking
When a person thinks about his lover or beloved, the segments responsible for creative and abstract thinking are activated in his brain.

12. In extreme situations, people fall in love more often.
If an unfamiliar man and woman find themselves in a situation that is dangerous to their health or life, it is likely that they will fall in love with each other. This is due to the production of adrenaline, which acts in the same way as the “falling in love” hormone.
13. A man chooses a girl for a serious relationship by her face.
It is generally accepted that men tend to pay attention to the figure of a girl first of all. However, this rule only applies if the man is currently looking for "easy" love. If a man is determined to search for a serious relationship, he will first of all look at the face.

14. "Butterflies in the stomach" appear due to adrenaline
The expression "butterflies in the stomach" reflects the state of a man in love who cannot find a place for himself from excitement. But in fact, the feeling of agitation in the stomach appears due to the action of adrenaline, which is produced in a person at the sight of an object of passion.

15. Pupils dilate at the sight of a loved one.
Darwin noticed that when a person looks at his beloved, or even at his photograph, his pupils dilate.