Falling in love takes less than a second

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Falling in love takes less than a second, Italian experts claim and add that it actually takes a person only a fifth of a second to fall in love.

Studies reveal that falling in love can elicit not only the same euphoric feeling as using cocaine, but also affects intellectual areas of the brain. When a person falls in love, 12 areas of the brain work in tandem to release euphoria-inducing chemicals such as dopamine, oxytocin, adrenaline and vasopression.

The findings raise the question: "Does the heart fall in love, or the brain?"

In the opinion of researchers from the Syracuse University (Sicily), falling in love is actually a matter of the brain, not the heart.

Experts have come to a conclusion that the heart is only a concept we associate with falling in love, as well as that "butterflies in the stomach" are merely a consequence of the brain releasing adrenaline.