Whether single or in a loved-up couple,Valentine’s Day makes it seem like romance can be conjured up. But it’s all to do with chemistry and biology, say expertsValentine’s Day cometh, and that great day of romantic consumerism,in which those who absorb a partner are reminded to spend money on them and those who don’t are reminded they are alone, surrounded by loved-up couples holding hands and clutching gaudy gifts.
It’s a day to contemplate like itself: what is it? Great, or poetic,imponderable – or base evolutionary drive dressed up for the sake of polite society? What on soil is going on in our brains when we plunge in like and are we at its mercy or active participants? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com