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Why we love, why we cheat

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Anthropologist Helen Fisher takes on a tricky topic – love – and explains its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its social importance. She closes with a warning about the potential disaster inherent in antidepressant abuse.

Aired September 6, 2006

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    This was quite interesting, maybe one day I may find true love
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    Interesting and fun expression of love through the eyes of a serious academic.
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