Week 6/ Response essay to "Love : The Right Chemistry", by Anastasia Touexis

In the essay, "Love: The Right Chemistry", by Anastasia Toufexis, the author speaks of love from a scientific perspective. She talks about the affects of chemicals from the brain and it's direct relation

to love. In response with focus being on the chemical, as well as, the physical the right chemistry

does not guarantee love. 

The author begins the essay with much discussion on how chemicals, such as dopamine, norepinephrine, and phenylethylamine or (PEA), emitted from the human brain translates into

feelings of love. Referring back 4 million years to Africa in the early days of human species, she 

speaks of the first notions of love being a result of an neurochemical reaction, "that the first cascades

of neurochemical began flowing from the brain to the blood stream to produce goofy grins and sweaty palms as men and women gazed deeply into each other's eyes"(Toufexis 3).

If that was the case, then physical connection must have played an equally relevant part in the love connection. The author also mentions as the human species evolved and began to walk upright men

and women were more likely to look each other in the eyes.  With such close proximity full frontal

views were unavoidable, "humans began to enjoy face-to-face coupling; both looks and personal

attraction became a much greater part of the equation"(Toufexis 4).  As one can imagine physical

attraction became evident. 

When a couple finds themselves attracted to each other be it by way of chemical reaction which

may lead to physical attraction, this doesn't necessarily mean that it will last forever. Chemicals

In the brain are sometimes altered. Time has a tendency of changing ones appearance physically. 

The person we were attracted to in our 20's is not going to be the same person in all probability

that we're going to be attracted to in our 40's. With time and maturity priorities change, as well as,

a whole different set of responsibilities. Taking all the above into consideration attractions change. 

Yes its' been scientifically proven that chemistry, as with the chemicals mentioned previously along 

with the physical, whether it's aesthetics or sexual, doesn't guarantee a forever love. As we progress

in life our needs change and we grow. Sometimes with growth the chemistry both chemical and 

physical changes along with the love.