Ever wondered whether you can feel love physically as well as emotionally?
Now, researchers at Aalto University in Finland have mapped where in the body different types of love are felt and ranked how strongly they can be experienced.
As part of the survey, participants – mostly comprised of young women in higher education – were asked where in their bodies they felt these different types of love and how intensely. The result? The final map suggests that romantic love is felt in the head, heart and stomach, whilst sexual love is typically focused on – you guessed it – the groin area.Elsewhere, maternal love is felt strongly in the heart and a love of nature is experienced in the head, with the overall findings suggesting that the different forms of love form a spectrum from weaker to stronger.
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