Sexual attraction? It’s true it’s a matter of chemistry

Chemistry question. The first attraction, the sweating, the butterflies in the stomach, the first sparks and then falling in love are caused by the combination of three neurochemicals: phenylethylamine, dopamine, oxytocin. When these molecules combine together, we feel the true chemistry of love and euphoria. Science gets between the sheets.

“In an evolutionary perspective, everything we try, do, our choices, are all motivated by an unconscious drive, linked to our biological evolution, to replicate ourselves, that is, to transmit our physical and cultural characteristics in as many individuals as possible “, explains Grace AttiliProfessor Emeritus of Social Psychology at the University of Rome “Sapienza”.

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