Why does lust turn guys into idiots?

[artyboy]

The best I could find on such a short notice, was a study on romantic and maternal love (not lust exactly, but the study deals with that as well), done by a British neurobiologist Semir Zeki.

In broad strokes, their study reports to have found that the state of romantic love is characterized by a pattern of activation and de-activation of certain brain areas; and is associated with an increased expression of neuromodulators dopamine, oxytocin, and vasopressin, and a decreased expression of serotonin in certain key areas.

I pulled some excerpts for a quick overview:










Oxytocin and vasopressin expression also is increased:










Full text can be found here:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...9307004875

Cheers I'll read that through properly tomorrow evening, I'm far to tired to look at right know. Looks interesting what I've read so far though