Summary Of Barbara Fredrickson's New Definitions Of Love

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This article is about a woman named Barbara Fredrickson a leading researching of positive emotions, talk about new conceptions of love. Fredrick says she has scientific evidence that love isn’t what everyone thinks it is. She says love isn’t a long lasting emotion, love isn’t a passion of young love. Fredrick calls it a micro-moment, which is saying love is a connection, characterized by a flood of positive emotions. She says this can be with anyone you interact with during the day. This article talks about rates of loneliness, and depression in American, it talks about how love work biologically, oxytocin, and neurons and vagal tone. The article explains the differences in theoretical, practical, and scientific definitions of love. This

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