Welcome to the Psychology Podcast, where we give you insights into the mind, brain, behavior, and creativity.

I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman,

and in each episode I have a conversation with a guest

he will stimulate your mind and give you a greater understanding

of yourself, others, and the world we live in. Hopefully we'll also

provide a glimpse into human possibility. Thanks for listening and enjoy the

podcast.

Just a quick note that today's episode is going to be a rerun. The next season of the

Psychology podcast will begin later this year. I haven't taken any break in five years of doing this

podcast so I thought it was about time to take a step back and think about how it can

make this a better experience for you all. Until then, enjoy these episodes from our archives.

Today we have Helen Fisher on the show.

Helen is a research associate in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University and his chief scientific director to the online matchmaking site

Match.com. She has written many best-selling books including anatomy of love and why we love.

Thank you so much for agreeing to talk to me today, Helen.

I'm delighted. You know, I'm a long time fan of your work.

Thank you. And colleague and you know you wrote the forward to the main intelligence book that I wrote with

Glenn and we were so giddy when you agreed to write that you know you should have seen us

behind the scenes we're like little teenage boys we both have a crush on you. So let me start by asking why you or how you got

interested in studying the science of love. Were you fascinated with love as a

phenomenon as a child? I'm looking back on it I think it stems from the fact that

I'm an identical twin and you know as a child when you're an identical twin,

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