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Recent scientific studies prove that love is more than just an emotion. It is a drive that transforms our brain and our body profoundly. This film shows the fascinating science behind what love is, what it does to us-and whether it is good for us at all.  \nBACKGROUND INFORMATION  \n\"The sun cannot be without shine, man cannot be without love,\" said Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The latest research results show just how right he was. Scientists at Yeshiva University in New York have found that love is an impulse deeply rooted in our brain stem -as is the need for food and rest. To survive, we must eat, sleep, love and be loved.  \nBut love not only keeps us alive- it can also kill us. Stress cardiomyopathy is a serious disorder of the heart muscle. The symptoms are similar to those of a heart attack and usually occur after extreme emotional stress with a correspondingly high level of stress hormones. This is why cardiologists also call the disease \"Broken Heart Syndrome\". “Happy Heart Syndrome\", a disease that was only discovered in March 2016, can be just as dangerous. Happy Heart Syndrome hits people when they're in seventh heaven. This mysterious phenomenon, especially among young people in a state of extraordinary euphoria, is no less dangerous than a real heart attack.  \nFortunately, love has a less dramatic effect on most people-but still no less amazing. Wounds heal faster in people in happy relationships. Holding hands can reduce the feeling of pain in lovers. Kissing relieves allergies and strengthens the immune system. And marriage is even told to increase the life expectancy of men.  \nIn this film, evolutionary biologists, neurologists, endocrinologists, internists and psychologists from Germany, France and the USA offer us a fascinating view of the miracle of love. We combine the latest research results with an unusual visual language so that we can experience the greatest of all feelings in a completely new way.  \nfilmproduktion gmbh koeln hamburg  \nSYNOPSIS  \n“The Science of Love” is an exciting visual journey through the world of love from birth to death. Astonishing facts are presented clearly, with answers to all the questions we have always asked ourselves: Why do lovers have palpitations? Why are they less hungry and why do they sleep less? Does love come from the brain or from the heart? And why does heartbreak hurt so much?  \nWe begin with the primal form of love: the relationship between a mother and her baby. The French birth researcher Michel Odent explains the complex function of the hormone oxytocin, which has only recently been fully understood. The primary task of this biochemical messenger is to control labour during childbirth. But once the child is born, the function of the hormone changes. Oxytocin is now responsible for the emotional attachment to the newborn child in the mother's brain. The hormone has a multifactorial effect: it reduces stress and anxiety, lowers blood pressure and heart rate, has a calming and aphrodisiac effect.  \nThe striking thing: This \"child-cuddling hormone\" is also essential in the search for sexual partners, as psychologist Isabella Heuser has found out. She is conducting a study at the Charité hospital in Berlin. Test subjects take small doses of oxytocin as a nasal spray. After a short time it is already possible to observe how oxytocin changes perception. The more molecules of this neurotransmitter circulate in the blood circulation, the more attractive we find our partner. And during sexual intercourse, our brain pours out so much of it that our brain is overwhelmed by it.  \nSo is love just a biochemical storm? Not at all, says American neurologist Lucy Brown. Inside a brain scanner we see increased activity in the brain stem of lovers when we show them pictures of their partners. This is the same r","cbCain3TijPLsXdV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCain3TijPLsXdV","pdf",189673,"English","# Logline\n# Background Information\n# Synopsis\n## Love from birth to death\n## Oxytocin, attachment, and partner attraction\n## Brain activity and love as an impulse\n## Pleasure, reproduction, and long-term bonds\n## Heartache and the biology of hurt\n## Broken Heart Syndrome and Happy Heart Syndrome","[{\"question\":\"What does the film claim love does to the brain and body?\",\"answer\":\"Love is presented as a drive that profoundly transforms brain and body functions. 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