Why Do We Love?

Why Do We Love?

By Gresham College

Love is a unifying theme of music, stories and poetry across all human cultures. But why do we love? And are there different kinds of love?

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Gresham College

Barnard's Inn Hall Holborn London EC1N 2HH United Kingdom

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Health • Mental health

Untold millions of words have been written about love. It is a unifying theme of music, stories and poetry across all human cultures, and yet we still know very little about its biological basis. Is love for a partner and love for a child the same thing, or two fundamentally different emotions? Can biology explain love at first sight, or falling out of love? And might we ever be able to create a Shakespearean ‘love potion’ that really works?

A lecture by Professor Robin May.

This event is also available to watch live online. To register, visit: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/why-love

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