Helen Fisher may refer to:
My hypothesis is that conservative Republicans have very clear values, and when you have that, you're simply more relaxed.
Hair that looks like it's been naturally sun-bleached makes you seem youthful, like you spend a lot of time outdoors. And that appeals to most people.
We evolved in a tropical climate where the smells of plants and flowers were all around us. We spent a lot of time in the trees with a lot of sunlight and no clothes.
If two very different people pool their DNA, they'll create more genetic variety, and their young will come to the job of parenting with a wider array of skills.
Romantic love is an obsession. It possesses you. You lose your sense of self. You can’t stop thinking about another human being.
Saliva has testosterone and estrogen. When you kiss, you're having a chemical experience.
In courtship, who wins and who loses will determine who passes on their DNA to tomorrow.
Women, it turns out, are built to lead - particularly in the modern world.
People have often asked me whether what I know about love has spoiled it for me. And I just simply say, 'Hardly. ' You can know every single ingredient in a piece of chocolate cake, and then when you sit down and eat that cake, you can still feel that joy.
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.
Any kind of novelty or excitement drives up dopamine in the brain, and dopamine is associated with romantic love.
Office romances are few, short, and not usually destructive.
Nobody gets out of love alive. You turn into a menace or a pest when you've been rejected.
Romantic love allows you to focus mating energy. Attachment sustains that relationship as long as necessary to raise your baby.
There's biology in everything, even when you're feeling spiritual.
Hair that gleams can send a clear sign that you're young and in your prime, whatever your actual age.
As a group, anthropologists are not too fond of people who work in the business world.
Your sweetheart calls you by another's name. His eyes linger too long on your best friend. He talks with excitement about a girl at work. And the fire catches. Jealousy - that sickening combination of possessiveness, suspicion, rage, and humiliation - can overtake your mind and threaten your very core as you contemplate your rival.
I don’t think we’re an animal that was built to be happy; we are an animal that was built to reproduce.
You size up someone physically in less than one second - too tall, too short, too fat, too thin, too old, too young, too stuffy, too scruffy.