Falling in love may be as easy as popping a pill

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Falling in love may be as easy as popping a pill

"Drugs that manipulate brain systems to enhance or
diminish our love for another may not be far away."

Love really could be a drug, say scientists, who believe that one day the feelings may be induced by popping a pill or smelling a perfume, writes Richard Alleyne.

They are studying the brain chemistry responsible for attracting people to each other.

Prof Larry Young, of Emory University, Georgia, said: "Drugs that manipulate brain systems to enhance or diminish our love for another may not be far away."

Experiments have already shown a nasal squirt of the hormone oxytocin enhances trust and tunes people into others' emotions.

He said that the hormone produces a feeling of reward in a similar way to that of drugs.

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Falling in love may be as easy as popping a pill

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Great, now they only need to invent a pill that does the opposite, so we all can work harder and be more productive