Romantic love affects emotional processing of love-unrelated stimuli: An EEG/ERP study using a love induction task

Aghedu, Fabio Cannas; Sarlo, Michela; Zappasodi, Filippo; Acevedo, Bianca P.; Bisiacchi, Patrizia

doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2021.105733

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“…To summarize, mental imagery related to romantic love caused increased EEG signal complexity compared to sensory tasks [39], but this is probably more a reflection of mental imagery processes than romantic love feelings. In addition, partner pictures elicited higher frontal delta power than friend or stranger pictures [42], and listening to love-related songs elicited higher alpha power over the right than the left occipital scalp in participants who were in love, but the reverse pattern in participants who were not in love [35].…”

Section: Electroencephalogram (Eeg)mentioning

confidence: 87%

“…A final study found no support for the hypothesis that beloved stimuli would elicit greater right than left frontal alpha power. Instead, listening to love-related songs elicited higher alpha power over the right than the left occipital scalp in participants who were in love, but the reverse pattern in participants who were not in love [35]. Because of the scarcity of the data, these EEG correlates await replication in future studies.…”

Section: Eeg Correlates Of Romantic Lovementioning

confidence: 94%

“…One approach to studying the electrophysiological correlates of romantic love has been to present participants who are not necessarily in love with words like "love" and "kiss", sentences describing romantic scenarios, or pictures/videos that depict strangers in romantic situations [30][31][32][33][34][35]. However, although those stimuli may elicit positive affect, they are unlikely to elicit feelings of romantic love.…”

Section: Neural Basis Of Romantic Lovementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Because alpha power is inversely related to brain activation and because romantic love could be expected to be associated with the motivation to approach the beloved, the hypothesis is that beloved stimuli would elicit greater right than left frontal alpha power. In one study [35], participants who were in love (and in a relationship) were compared with participants who were not in love (and not in a relationship). Participants who were in love listened to a self-selected song that reminded them of their beloved and wrote and talked about events related to their relationship to induce love feelings.…”

Section: Electroencephalogram (Eeg)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Electrophysiological Correlates of Romantic Love: A Review of EEG and ERP Studies with Beloved-Related Stimuli

Langeslag

2022

Brain Sciences

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Science is starting to unravel the neural basis of romantic love. The goal of this literature review was to identify and interpret the electrophysiological correlates of romantic love. Electroencephalography (EEG) and event-related potential (ERP) studies with a design that elicits romantic love feelings were included. The methods of previous EEG studies are too heterogeneous to draw conclusions. Multiple ERP studies, however, have shown that beloved stimuli elicit an enhanced late positive potential (LPP/P3/P300), which is not due to familiarity, positive valence, or objective beauty. This effect occurs in Western and Eastern cultures and for pictorial and verbal information, and results from bottom-up rather than top-down factors. Studies have also shown that beloved stimuli elicit an early posterior negativity (EPN), which also does not seem to be due to familiarity or positive valence. Data on earlier ERP components (P1, N1, P2, N170/VPP, N2) is scarce and mixed. Of course, the enhanced LPP and EPN are not specific to romantic love. Instead, they suggest that the beloved captures early attention, within 200–300 ms after stimulus onset that is relatively resource-independent, and subsequently receives sustained motivated attention. Future research would benefit from employing cognitive tasks and testing participants who are in love regardless of relationship status.

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Section: Electroencephalogram (Eeg)mentioning

confidence: 87%

Section: Eeg Correlates Of Romantic Lovementioning

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Section: Neural Basis Of Romantic Lovementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Electroencephalogram (Eeg)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Electrophysiological Correlates of Romantic Love: A Review of EEG and ERP Studies with Beloved-Related Stimuli

Langeslag

2022

Brain Sciences

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“…Considering the extensive literature on romantic love and its many definitions, for this study we wanted to refer to constructs about love derived from the field of neuroscience. Romantic love, which has long been held to be a pure emotion, has recently been revealed to be rather a goal-directed mechanism which combines cognitive and emotional processes [28][29][30] and personality. 31 It mobilizes attachment, 32 sexual attraction, 33,34 positive as well as negative emotions, obsessive thoughts (typical of passionate love), and idealization.…”

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confidence: 99%

Devils or angels when in love? An exploratory study investigating romantic love among high-risk athletes

Aghedu

Ghedina

Lux-Sterrit

et al. 2022

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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In recent years, research on high-risk athletes has focused mainly on personality traits, highlighting a complex and often ambivalent personality structure. Although scholars pointed out emotional difficulties amongst high-risk athletes, there exists to this day no in-depth investigation of the affective aspect. In an effort to address this so-far neglected question, this study offers the first thorough exploration of patterns of romantic relationships among high-risk athletes. Two groups were selected: people who practice extreme sports (N = 189; Extreme) and those who practice other types of sports (N = 207; Non-extreme). A series of tests were administered to evaluate romantic love, personality traits and self-esteem. Results showed that Extreme tend to display less intense feelings than their Non-extreme counterparts; conversely, their sentimental relationships are characterized by positive emotions and stable feelings, avoiding negative emotions. Hence, despite stereotypes which characterize Extreme as thrill-seekers prone to impulsivity, it seems that this group do not in fact seek as many thrills in their love life, but rather seek stability and contentment. Although still in it explorative phase, this study produced preliminary data which should be considered in devising further assessment and therapeutic strategies for this population of athletes.

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Nouveautés dans les modèles des addictions à d’autres domaines

Graziani,

Romo

2023

Soigner Les Addictions Par Les TCC

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Romantic love affects emotional processing of love-unrelated stimuli: An EEG/ERP study using a love induction task

Cited by 7 publications

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Electrophysiological Correlates of Romantic Love: A Review of EEG and ERP Studies with Beloved-Related Stimuli

Electrophysiological Correlates of Romantic Love: A Review of EEG and ERP Studies with Beloved-Related Stimuli

Devils or angels when in love? An exploratory study investigating romantic love among high-risk athletes

Nouveautés dans les modèles des addictions à d’autres domaines

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