Love @ First Sight - Radhika Chaudhary. Review on Is the Media Justfied in Exposing the Private Lives of Public Figures

Yups Folks...... while last night when I was watching television, got stuck to STAR NEWS hosted by Radhika Choudhary, they were discussing ab't Love @ First Sight!!. Since it's being n interesting topic for every living creature on this Earth n especially for the so called Human's, although animals do show their love but here im talking ab't Human's n after doing a little bit search I m pen downing the fact's.

We all get encountered of this in our life - Love at first sight, a mere Crush or Infatuation or what? It always hammer in my head will it really exist or it is just the physical needs n wants or mere attraction towards that person. What it is?????. One more thing here I want to make it clear, I m talking of Love which exist between a male n female & not that with we in general having with our frenz,parents, siblings n others near by to us.

The Science Of Love (the chemistry of romance)

ABSTRACT :

Researchers believe that love at first sight is not just a cliché. A chemical reaction which may lead to romance can be created when one person first looks at another. A mix of natural chemicals and hormones may explain why opposites attract; mismatched couples success and some couples survive the worst situations.

TEXT:

Researchers are now concentrating on what happens after one walks out the door and into a wide world of romantic opportunity. What physical attributes, outside the obvious, attract? What role do pheromones play? When do other, more potent brain chemicals begin to kick in? The last decade's discoveries in neuroscience let researchers predict--even, for the first time, control, albeit in a limited way--what was once thought uncontrollable: love. ''We are at the dawn of a new beginning, where people may soon never have to suffer the pain of love's slings and arrows,'' such as rejection, difficulty in bonding and attachment disorders.

Indeed, what scientists believe they already know about matters of the heart is remarkable. To illustrate their findings, follow the story of Akash, a fictional Everyman, as he falls in love. One night, Akash, single, nervously arrives at a party, gets a drink, then scans the room. Science tells us that, unconsciously, he is already noting the size and symmetry of the facial bones of the women around him. ''Judging beauty has a strong evolutionary component,” ''You're looking at another person and figuring out whether you want your children to carry that person's genes.''

At the party, Akash subconsciously follows these clues and makes eye contact with a woman, Satvika. She smiles. His midbrain--the part that controls visual and auditory reflexes--releases the eurotransmitter dopamine, a brain chemical that gives him a rush--and the motivation to initiate conversation. As he nears, Akash's pheromones reach Satvika's hypothalamus, eliciting a ''yes, come closer'' look. Why this happens isn't clear, but one study at the University of Bern, in Switzerland, suggests that people use smell as a possible cue for distinguishing genetic similarity in a potential partner--a consideration in preventing possible birth defects.

Akash is now feeling the first flutter of sexual attraction. His hypothalamus--the brain region that triggers the chemicals responsible for emotion--tells his body to send out attraction signals: His pupils dilate; his heart pumps harder so that his face flushes; he sweats slightly, which gives his skin a warm glow; glands in his scalp release oil to create extra shine. By night's end, he gets her phone number. The next day, memories of Satvika direct his brain to secrete increasing levels of dopamine, creating feelings of yearning that propel him toward the phone. He calls. She sounds excited. The dopamine released in the base of the forebrain prompts the first strong feelings of pleasure that Akash associates with Satvika.

When they meet the next night at a restaurant, his stomach does flip-flops and he starts feeling giddy at the sight of her. He can think of nothing but that face, those eyes, that smile, as his brain pathways become intoxicated with elevated levels of dopamine, norepinephrine (another neurotransmitter) and, particularly, phenylethylamine (PEA). This cocktail of natural chemicals gives Akash a slight buzz, as if he had taken a very low dose of amphetamines (or a large dose of chocolate, another source of PEA). This contributes to the almost irrational feelings of attraction--we've all felt them--that begin dominating his thoughts at work, while he drives, as he goes to sleep. ''It's a natural high,'' Its Effects on Mind and Body. ''Your pupils dilate, your heart pumps, you sweat--it's the same reaction you'd have if you were afraid or angry. It's the fight-or-flight mechanism, except you don't want to fight or flee.''

In the weeks that follow, Akash and Satvika's relationship depends. The first night Akash brings Satvika home, he dims the lights and plays a little soft music. The chemical oxytocin floods his body. Twenty years ago, oxytocin was considered a female hormone useful only as a trigger for labor contractions and to induce lactation. As Satvika's oxytocin also surges, the couple begin forming a bond. Scientists now think that oxytocin actually strengthens the brain's receptors that produce emotions. Oxytocin increases further during touching, cuddling and other stages of sexual intimacy. It may also make it easier to evoke pleasant memories of each other while apart. Akash can think of Satvika and experience, in his mind, the way she looks, feels and smells, and that will reinforce his connection to her.