FEATURES OF THE ORGANIZATION OF BRAIN ACTIVITY IN A STATE OF LOVE

Abstract

Falling in love is considered as a non-chemical addiction. The aim of the study was to identify the features of the organization of brain activity in a state of love. The biographical method of LifeLine [1] was chosen as the main method of detecting love. The subjects were asked to name the 15 most important events in their life, and then to analyze the connections of these events. The subjects also answered the questionnaire "Passionate love scale" [7]. A significant correlation was revealed between the questionnaire data and the data obtained in LifeLine. The results of the  study showed that in the causogram of the subjects in love, one of the dominant events is the event associated with the beloved. The brain potentials were averaged from the moments when a pair of events appeared on the monitor screen. As a result of the EEG analysis, differences were revealed between the potentials of subjects who are in a state of love and those who are not in this state. The features of the organization of brain activity during the actualization of events from love domain and other important events from other domains were also revealed.