Romance Redux

Using science to understand and improve relationships

by Craig Malkin, Ph.D.

Love is Blind…and Numb?: Why You Can’t Always Feel When Love Hurts

By Craig Malkin, Ph.D. on January 6, 2011 in Romance Redux

Blinded by the glow of romantic love (or the love of one's children), we tend to miss the faults, the disappointments, the slights—minor and sometimes even major—in the people we love the most. Now it appears there may be a powerful neurological component to love-blindness. Read More

What a really interesting

Submitted by Jennifer Sutherland on January 8, 2011 - 5:56pm.

What a really interesting article - it's helpful to learn about the actual physiological underpinning accounting for the 'honeymoon period'. i'll remind myself of that next time I might find myself in that idealization stage with someone and get my 360 degree feedback as you suggest.

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Thanks!

Submitted by Craig Malkin, Ph.D. on July 22, 2011 - 4:35am.

I appreciate your reading. Glad you found it helpful.

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Craig Malkin, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist who taught and trained at Harvard Medical School and has a private practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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