We expect that human romantic love will be found to
engage a wide range of varying, overlapping and
dynamic brain systems, as would be appropriate of a
multi-faceted phenomenon that has significant social,
reproductive and genetic consequences. Nevertheless,
the primary neural correlates associated with intense,
early-stage romantic love are likely to remain similar
across individuals and cultures, even among species,
because this neural mechanism evolved to direct a
crucial aspect of mammalian reproduction, mate
choice