The Science of Love
Anna Machin
Anthropologist
Timezone: Europe/London
About this speaker:
Dr. Anna Machin is an evolutionary anthropologist, writer and broadcaster who studies the science behind our closest relationships including those between parents and children, lovers, friends and family. She spent over a decade at the University of Oxford using multi-disciplinary techniques, including neuroscience, genetics and psychology, to explore the question “What is Love?”. She broadcasts regularly in the UK, Europe, US and Australia, has written for The New York Times, The New York Daily News, The Guardian, Medium and Aeon and is the author of The Life of Dad: The Making of the Modern Father (2018) and Why We Love: The New Science Behind our Closest Relationships (2022).
Recording: Yes
45 min / 15 min
English
About this leqture:
The answer to the question of what love is has taxed us from the moment we came to consciousness. What is this phenomenon which we all share but is, at the same time, so personal? Which is capable of inducing incomparable euphoria but can at the same time take us to the depths of despair? In this inspiration session, evolutionary anthropologist Dr. Anna Machin uses cutting edge science to lead the audience on a journey through the science of love. What happens in your brain as you fall in love? Is love really blind? How do our genes and our psychology impact the way we as individuals experience love? And what of the future of love? Is there a role for love drugs or AI? Love sits at the very heart of what it is to be human. Join Anna to find out what the science of love truly is.
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