<ol><li>BLUSHING IS A SIGN OF LOVE AND TRUST</li><li>LOVE WARMS UP THE WHOLE BODY</li><li>FALLING IN LOVE HELPS IMPROVE MEMORY</li><li>LOVERS' HEARTS BEAT IN SYNC</li><li>LOVE AT FIRST LOVE IS NOT A FAIRY TALE: IT'S SCIENCE!</li><li>LOVE MAY NEVER GET OLD, BUT IT IS OLD: THE FIRST KNOWN LOVE SONGS WERE WRITTEN 4,000 YEARS AGO</li><li>PSYCHOLOGIST SAYS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BE “JUST FRIENDS” WITH A LOVED ONE</li></ol>

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<h2 itemprop="about">These insights into the science behind love will blow you away</h2><div itemprop="datePublished">Feb 11, 2014</div><img alt="" src="https://www.goodnet.org/photos/620x0/21004.jpg" title="" width="620" height="465">ShutterstockWith Valentine's Day coming up, love is in the air. But what is love? The common answer is, we know it when we feel it. Yet the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.goodnet.org/articles/876" dir="ltr">science behind love</a>&nbsp;is a fascinating world full of insights that shows how people react - physically and emotionally - to the most coveted of all emotions. Here are 7 facts that decipher the secret code of love.<h2>1. MOST PEOPLE TURN TO THE RIGHT TO KISS</h2>When people kiss they are <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2003/030213/full/news030210-7.html" dir="ltr">much more likely to turn their heads to the right</a> rather than the left, according to a study by neuroscientist Onur Güntürkün. The German researcher spent two and a half years studying kisses in public places and found that only one in three people turns to the left when going in for a kiss.<img alt="" src="https://www.goodnet.org/photos/620x0/21014.jpg" title="" width="620" height="414">Shutterstock<h2>2. BLUSHING IS A SIGN OF LOVE AND TRUST</h2>Research suggests that <a href="http://www.livescience.com/16311-embarrassed-people-trustworthy.html" dir="ltr">people who blush are more trustworthy</a>. According to a study carried out by UC Berkeley, people who are easily embarrassed are more likely to be monogamous.<img alt="" src="https://www.goodnet.org/photos/620x0/21015.jpg" title="" width="620" height="413">Shutterstock<h2>3. LOVE WARMS UP THE WHOLE BODY</h2>The physical effects of love are more widespread than you might think. In a study that asked people to map out where they felt different emotions, most people reported that <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/12/30/258313116/mapping-emotions-on-the-body-love-makes-us-warm-all-over" dir="ltr">love sparked activity across the entire body</a>. The body's emotional system in the brain sends signals to the entire body in order to deal with the feelings caused by love.<img alt="" src="https://www.goodnet.org/photos/620x0/21000.jpg" title="" width="620" height="620">Shutterstock<h2>4. FALLING IN LOVE HELPS IMPROVE MEMORY</h2>Want to remember important events? Being in love could help with that. When in love, <a href="http://www.information-facts.com/women/falling-in-love-can-raise-levels-of-nerve-growth-factor-for-about-a-year-which-helps-to-restore-the-nervous-system" dir="ltr">memory is improved</a> because the feelings involved cause an increase in nerve growth factor, which helps restore the nervous system and triggers the growth of new brain cells.<img alt="" src="https://www.goodnet.org/photos/620x0/21018.jpg" title="" width="620" height="465">Shutterstock<h2>5. LOVERS' HEARTS BEAT IN SYNC</h2>Proving that <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130213093220.htm" dir="ltr">lovers' hearts can beat for one another</a>, couples in romantic relationships have been found to experience similar heart rates when being together. In other words, giving your heart to your partner is not merely a metaphorical act.<img alt="" src="https://www.goodnet.org/photos/620x0/21016.jpg" title="" width="620" height="620">Shutterstock<h2>6.&nbsp;LOVE AT FIRST LOVE IS NOT A FAIRY TALE: IT'S SCIENCE!</h2>Humans are able to <a href="http://www.bcheights.com/2.6173/health-science-love-at-first-sight-may-not-be-as-implausible-as-it-seems-1.913678#.UvoYY_mSxh4" dir="ltr">judge the suitability of a potential partner in a very short amount of time</a> - a matter of seconds even, according to researchers at Pennsylvania University. A study they carried out revealed that falling for someone when you first meet them is attributed to patterns in the brain that point to a direct link between facial attractiveness and positive traits.<img alt="" src="https://www.goodnet.org/photos/620x0/21017.jpg" title="" width="620" height="413">Shutterstock<h2>7. LOVE MAY NEVER GET OLD, BUT IT IS OLD: THE FIRST KNOWN LOVE SONGS WERE WRITTEN 4,000 YEARS AGO</h2>This one isn't biological, but it's still pretty interesting. Originating from an area around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the <a href="http://www.information-facts.com/love/the-oldest-known-love-song-was-written-4000-years-ago-and-comes-from-an-area-between-the-tigris-and-euphrates-rivers" dir="ltr">earliest known written record of love songs</a> were pressed into clay tablets and were written in praise of Sumerian gods and goddesses.<img alt="" src="https://www.goodnet.org/photos/620x0/21013.jpg" title="" width="620" height="392">Flickr user Francesca Visco

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With Valentine's Day coming up, love is in the air. But what is love? The common answer is, we know it when we feel it. Yet the  <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.goodnet.org/articles/876">science behind love </a> is a fascinating world full of insights that shows how people react - physically and emotionally - to the most coveted of all emotions. Here are 7 facts that decipher the secret code of love.

When people kiss they are <a dir="ltr" href="http://www.nature.com/news/2003/030213/full/news030210-7.html">much more likely to turn their heads to the right </a>rather than the left, according to a study by neuroscientist Onur Güntürkün. The German researcher spent two and a half years studying kisses in public places and found that only one in three people turns to the left when going in for a kiss.

Research suggests that <a dir="ltr" href="http://www.livescience.com/16311-embarrassed-people-trustworthy.html">people who blush are more trustworthy </a>. According to a study carried out by UC Berkeley, people who are easily embarrassed are more likely to be monogamous.

The physical effects of love are more widespread than you might think. In a study that asked people to map out where they felt different emotions, most people reported that <a dir="ltr" href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/12/30/258313116/mapping-emotions-on-the-body-love-makes-us-warm-all-over">love sparked activity across the entire body </a>. The body's emotional system in the brain sends signals to the entire body in order to deal with the feelings caused by love.

Want to remember important events? Being in love could help with that. When in love, <a dir="ltr" href="http://www.information-facts.com/women/falling-in-love-can-raise-levels-of-nerve-growth-factor-for-about-a-year-which-helps-to-restore-the-nervous-system">memory is improved </a>because the feelings involved cause an increase in nerve growth factor, which helps restore the nervous system and triggers the growth of new brain cells.

Proving that <a dir="ltr" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130213093220.htm">lovers' hearts can beat for one another </a>, couples in romantic relationships have been found to experience similar heart rates when being together. In other words, giving your heart to your partner is not merely a metaphorical act.

6. LOVE AT FIRST LOVE IS NOT A FAIRY TALE: IT'S SCIENCE!

Humans are able to <a dir="ltr" href="http://www.bcheights.com/2.6173/health-science-love-at-first-sight-may-not-be-as-implausible-as-it-seems-1.913678#.UvoYY_mSxh4">judge the suitability of a potential partner in a very short amount of time </a>- a matter of seconds even, according to researchers at Pennsylvania University. A study they carried out revealed that falling for someone when you first meet them is attributed to patterns in the brain that point to a direct link between facial attractiveness and positive traits.

7. LOVE MAY NEVER GET OLD, BUT IT IS OLD: THE FIRST KNOWN LOVE SONGS WERE WRITTEN 4,000 YEARS AGO

This one isn't biological, but it's still pretty interesting. Originating from an area around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the <a dir="ltr" href="http://www.information-facts.com/love/the-oldest-known-love-song-was-written-4000-years-ago-and-comes-from-an-area-between-the-tigris-and-euphrates-rivers">earliest known written record of love songs </a>were pressed into clay tablets and were written in praise of Sumerian gods and goddesses.

Flickr user Francesca Visco

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