3min chapter

Life Examined cover image

The science behind heartbreak: How to move on, and is there a cure?

Life Examined

CHAPTER

What Did You Learn From Helen Fisher?

i recognized it as a feeling of sort of fear and anxiety that was lasting a long time. A biological anthropologist has spent many years studying what happens to our brains when we fall in love. She says there are two interesting parts of the brain that seem to get really activated in heartbreak. And one is the part of the brain associated just with pain, so that we tend to actually register the pain in very similar tures of thebrain that we register physical pain.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode