Smooching
Being it's Valentine's Day I thought about sharing with you an article I read in the Martha Stewart Living Magazine issue on kissing.
According to the article "Pucker Up!" a great smooch will boost your mood instantly.
Your brain on kissing, a kiss sends sensations directly to the limbic system, those parts of our brains associated with love, passion, and lust. As neural impulses bounce between the brain and the tongue, the facial muscles, the lips, and the skin, they stimulate our bodies to produce a number of neurotransmitters and hormones.
One of the most important neurotransmitters is dopamine. Spiking during a kiss, dopamine is responsible for a rush of elation and craving can also result in the obsessive thoughts that many of us experience with a new romance almost like an addiction. It primes us to want more, making us feel energized. People who take dopamine even lose their appetites or find that they cannot fall asleep not surprisingly, the same "symptoms" commonly described as "falling in love."
So there you have it an explanation on why we should kiss more. Have a Happy Valentine's Day!
According to the article "Pucker Up!" a great smooch will boost your mood instantly.
Your brain on kissing, a kiss sends sensations directly to the limbic system, those parts of our brains associated with love, passion, and lust. As neural impulses bounce between the brain and the tongue, the facial muscles, the lips, and the skin, they stimulate our bodies to produce a number of neurotransmitters and hormones.
One of the most important neurotransmitters is dopamine. Spiking during a kiss, dopamine is responsible for a rush of elation and craving can also result in the obsessive thoughts that many of us experience with a new romance almost like an addiction. It primes us to want more, making us feel energized. People who take dopamine even lose their appetites or find that they cannot fall asleep not surprisingly, the same "symptoms" commonly described as "falling in love."
So there you have it an explanation on why we should kiss more. Have a Happy Valentine's Day!
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