Helen Fisher
Helen Fisher
Helen E. Fisher is an American anthropologist, human behavior researcher, and self-help author. She is a biological anthropologist, is a Senior Research Fellow, at The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, and a Member of the Center For Human Evolutionary Studies in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University. Prior to Rutgers University, she was a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth31 May 1945
CountryUnited States of America
Men are so visual, they see a woman who appeals to them physically, and it will trigger the romantic love system faster.
Why do we feel jealousy? Therapists often regard the demon as a scar of childhood trauma or a symptom of a psychological problem. And it's true that people who feel inadequate, insecure, or overly dependent tend to be more jealous than others.
Throughout evolution, ostracism was death indeed.
Romantic love is one of the most addictive substances on Earth.
Men have a psychological need to show off their courage and strength. When he sees you talking to another guy, that instinct kicks in and he jumps to protect you and prove he's worthy of your love.
Falling in love was not really a choice; it just struck me.
Saliva has testosterone and estrogen. When you kiss, you're having a chemical experience.
Psychologists maintain that the dizzy feeling of intense romantic love lasts only about 18 months to-at best-three years
Anthropologists have found evidence of romantic love in 170 societies. They've never found a society that did not have it.
It's in our genes, we were built to wander.
Neither gender is routinely more jealous - although women are more willing to work to win back a lover, while men tend to flaunt their money and status and are more likely to walk out to protect their self-esteem or save face.
Globalization requires taking a broad contextual and long-term view.
Both sexes like the exercise and challenge of sports, but for men it's also a basic display behavior for impressing and winning a mate.
Office romances are few, short, and not usually destructive.