Anthropologist Helen Fisher takes on a tricky topic -- love –- and explains its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its social importance. She closes with a warning about the potential disaster inherent in antidepressant abuse.

Love can only be explained by real experience. It cannot be learned through experiment or by books.

..i´m afraid J. B. Shaw was right (god!)..that´s the "thing" love is..
The video is great,i could listen to her for hours.

Anthropologist Helen Fisher takes on a tricky topic -- love –- and explains its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its social importance. She closes with a warning about the potential disaster inherent in antidepressant abuse. Anthropologist Helen Fisher studies gender differences and the evolution of human emotions.