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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Addicted to love

It's no secret that a break-up can really mess with your head. But now scientists claim that suffering a break-up is actually like cocaine withdrawals. Um...what the?

Researchers at Stony Brook University in the US examined 15 heartbroken men to test their reactions to a simple math problem. The men looked at pictures of their exes and then performed a maths puzzle. They repeated the puzzle after having looked at another photo - this time of a friend. The tests showed that certain areas of the brain were more active after looking at photos of their exes - and the same areas are also abuzz in cocaine addicts experiencing withdrawals.

Guess love is a drug after all...

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