Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection
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- Author：Stephanie Cacioppo
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Reviews
Kit Ledvina
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Warning: There is a strong potential that this book will make you cry。 Dr。 Stephanie Cacioppo describes both her scientific and romantic evolution in a way that makes it impossible not to become invested。 Cacioppo enriches descriptions of the neurological components of love with personal anecdotes。 If you are curious about biology and a romantic this is the book for you！ Though not my favorite science book， or my favorite memoir both components were very well done。Thank you to the publisher， aut Warning: There is a strong potential that this book will make you cry。 Dr。 Stephanie Cacioppo describes both her scientific and romantic evolution in a way that makes it impossible not to become invested。 Cacioppo enriches descriptions of the neurological components of love with personal anecdotes。 If you are curious about biology and a romantic this is the book for you！ Though not my favorite science book， or my favorite memoir both components were very well done。Thank you to the publisher， author and NetGalley for this ALC。Content Warnings: Illness， Death， Grief 。。。more
Patricia
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When I was in graduate school， I often resented having to buy expensive textbooks， often written by the professor teaching the class， which I considered a great essay with added padding to make it a book。 This book was a great essay。 Why we love where we love and how we are motivated to love by factors we can barely understand， IF we are even aware of them， is fascinating。 The brain chemistry and neuro-connections are still uncharted territory， and in making some of these studies readable and un When I was in graduate school， I often resented having to buy expensive textbooks， often written by the professor teaching the class， which I considered a great essay with added padding to make it a book。 This book was a great essay。 Why we love where we love and how we are motivated to love by factors we can barely understand， IF we are even aware of them， is fascinating。 The brain chemistry and neuro-connections are still uncharted territory， and in making some of these studies readable and understandable the author has done a service。A goodly portion of the book uses the author's private life and experiences as material for this book， detailing how they met， fell in love， married， and then suffered a terrible ending， full of grief and loneliness。 It was illustrative， but， for me， overwrought。 。。。more
Kate Marchand
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Wow！ You may WRONGLY—think this is going to be another boring scientific book by a brilliant neuroscientist but it is magnificent in it’s true stories of relationships we can all identify with， with truly fascinating science facts you learn so many of but never feel overburdened by， and a true and heartwarming love story of the author that spares no heartbreaking details。 No matter where you are in life， her G。R。A。C。E。 （Gratitude， Reciprocity， Altruism， Choice， Enjoyment） is my new daily Life Pl Wow！ You may WRONGLY—think this is going to be another boring scientific book by a brilliant neuroscientist but it is magnificent in it’s true stories of relationships we can all identify with， with truly fascinating science facts you learn so many of but never feel overburdened by， and a true and heartwarming love story of the author that spares no heartbreaking details。 No matter where you are in life， her G。R。A。C。E。 （Gratitude， Reciprocity， Altruism， Choice， Enjoyment） is my new daily Life Plan。 She’s “ Dr Love” and her husband is “Dr Loneliness” and their scientific minds collide in love and beauty to bring this book。 There’s so many amazing quotes， but I’ll end with this: “There is beauty in the struggle。” Ow get out there in GRACE。 💕 。。。more
ellie s
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“so many people have ideas about the proper place of love。 think about the old cliché， “fools in love，” which suggests that somehow people in a passionate relationship always have their heads in the clouds and are thinking only of themselves。 as study after study shows， that’s not remotely true。 love sharpens our minds， improves our social intelligence， and makes us more creative together than we could ever hope to have been alone… love is a biological necessity。”this book completely changed the “so many people have ideas about the proper place of love。 think about the old cliché， “fools in love，” which suggests that somehow people in a passionate relationship always have their heads in the clouds and are thinking only of themselves。 as study after study shows， that’s not remotely true。 love sharpens our minds， improves our social intelligence， and makes us more creative together than we could ever hope to have been alone… love is a biological necessity。”this book completely changed the way i view love and romance。 love is definitively the most magical thing that actually exists in this universe， proven through scientists like stephanie cacioppo （dr。 love） and her late husband， john cacioppo （dr。 loneliness）！this book can be categorized as a romantic scientific memoir， and i’ve never read anything like it。 it’s a short， but powerful read that puts romantic love under a scientific lens， and is beautiful every page of the way。 i’m a hopeless romantic to the bone， but also very curious about the objective science behind romance。 this book meshes love and science perfectly。 i recommend this book to， well， everyone—because love is a biological necessity。 。。。more
Irene
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I wanted to like this book a lot more than I did。 I am very aware that the topic of her specialty and the rampant misogyny in the neurology field has already put her in the "not to be taken seriously" box， so I am reluctant to add to it， but the neurobiology sections felt extremely surface level and Cacioppo's memoir was written in a way that made her seem like a real-life Hallmark movie protagonist。 I'm not saying she made anything up， just that she falls squarely into several overused romance I wanted to like this book a lot more than I did。 I am very aware that the topic of her specialty and the rampant misogyny in the neurology field has already put her in the "not to be taken seriously" box， so I am reluctant to add to it， but the neurobiology sections felt extremely surface level and Cacioppo's memoir was written in a way that made her seem like a real-life Hallmark movie protagonist。 I'm not saying she made anything up， just that she falls squarely into several overused romance tropes， which is a little unfortunate when you're a real person。 The inclusion of the time in which she allegedly had a subconscious premonition about her grandmother's death when she was little was a bridge too far for me。A couple of really baffling musings about the anthropological origins of romantic love as coming before friendship also made me wonder what the hell was going on， and I found the entire book to be biased towards a concept of romantic love as a passionate， all-consuming， committed relationship between two people， which is， by any measure， an entirely recent development and not， by any stretch of the imagination， the norm。 It also revolved almost exclusively around heterosexual relationships。 Romantic love in other animals also goes entirely unexamined。 The aromantic spectrum was completely discounted and conflated with the asexual spectrum， even though they’re different things， but Cacioppo hasn’t made room in this book for people who do experience sexual attraction but experience little to no romantic attraction， which is something that happens。 She also conflated asexual romantic relationships with platonic ones， and that is also very much not the same thing。 People on the asexual spectrum may or may not experience romantic attraction， but the lack of sexual attraction does not mean that 1） they don’t have sex with their partners 2） their relationships are platonic。 I don’t know about you but I can think of several activities that don’t involve sex that I would do with a romantic partner and wouldn’t do with a friend。 。。。more
Audrey
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This was a wonderful book， and I really enjoyed reading this coming from a medical background！ I learned a lot about the neuroscience/medical implications of love and loneliness and reflected on my own relationships alongside the touching story of the author's own relationship。 This was a wonderful book， and I really enjoyed reading this coming from a medical background！ I learned a lot about the neuroscience/medical implications of love and loneliness and reflected on my own relationships alongside the touching story of the author's own relationship。 。。。more
Alexis Coy
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I really enjoyed ready this even though I am not much of a nonfiction reader。 I liked how Cacioppo mixed statics and results from studies with her own stories and stories of other love stories。 I feel like this mix made it easier to understand that statics since going into this， I didn't know much about neuroscience。 It was a deep look at love and everything that it brings with it。 The way Cacioppo tells her and John's story shows how love changes people for the good and the bad。 I really enjoyed ready this even though I am not much of a nonfiction reader。 I liked how Cacioppo mixed statics and results from studies with her own stories and stories of other love stories。 I feel like this mix made it easier to understand that statics since going into this， I didn't know much about neuroscience。 It was a deep look at love and everything that it brings with it。 The way Cacioppo tells her and John's story shows how love changes people for the good and the bad。 。。。more
ANGELA GILMORE
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Very technical。 A little hard to get into。
Sam Hughes
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First of all I wanted to thank Flatiron Books for this ARC of Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance， Loss， and the Essence of Human Connection。 This book is unlike anything I've ever read before， but as I found myself unable to set it down， I learned more than I have in a long time。 Enter a love letter written in the formatting of a scientific journal and you'll find Stephanie Cacioppo's Wired for Love。 Do you ever find yourself wondering how the brain works throughout vario First of all I wanted to thank Flatiron Books for this ARC of Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance， Loss， and the Essence of Human Connection。 This book is unlike anything I've ever read before， but as I found myself unable to set it down， I learned more than I have in a long time。 Enter a love letter written in the formatting of a scientific journal and you'll find Stephanie Cacioppo's Wired for Love。 Do you ever find yourself wondering how the brain works throughout various events in our life -- take falling in love and death for example。 With the Pre-Frontal Cortex being the main decision-maker in our actions， there are many different neurons zapping around to guide us in our journey with love and other drugs。 （not actual drugs， but events that emit oxytocin， dopamine， serotonin and other chemicals throughout our body。） We get taken on a path of ups and downs with author Cacioppo's love story with herself， her husband， colleagues/family， and then ultimately herself and the ghost of her husband after his demise and struggle with cancer。 A beautifully-put romance （of sorts） where we get a first hand glimpse of how the brain is at the driver's seat of it all， with case studies and research to prove it。 I thoroughly enjoyed this book and didn't feel bogged down by the scientific data that was presented in the text; rather I was intrigued to finish chapter after chapter to get to the end of the premise。 5/5 I really recommend this one。 。。。more
Danielle。
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This was truly so incredible。 Normally it takes me quite a bit to get through interesting but scientific work like this was revolutionized for me to have it also have a memoir aspect as well。 All around， just fascinating and also a bit devastating。 It made me grateful for my brain。
Lori Tatar
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Wired for Love brings neuroscience to the masses。 This book is a manual， a love story， a study aid， a tragedy， and is entirely human。 It has been written with profound beauty that is paradoxically based in scientific studies， data and facts。 I was entirely drawn into the narrative from the first page and read eagerly through the last。 It is accessible to all and simply gorgeous。
Lois Anderson
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I am so thankful for this book and for author Stephanie Cacioppo！ When I read the Introduction， to "Wired For Love，" I didn't think I would finish the book; but when I read this on p。 30， "some public health experts now consider chronic loneliness on par with smoking as a grave risk to your health，" I wanted to know what neuroscientists discovered about loneliness。 "How to Fight Loneliness，" was a section on p135-137。The author also shares her love story of meeting another neuroscientist， John C I am so thankful for this book and for author Stephanie Cacioppo！ When I read the Introduction， to "Wired For Love，" I didn't think I would finish the book; but when I read this on p。 30， "some public health experts now consider chronic loneliness on par with smoking as a grave risk to your health，" I wanted to know what neuroscientists discovered about loneliness。 "How to Fight Loneliness，" was a section on p135-137。The author also shares her love story of meeting another neuroscientist， John Cacioppo， falling in love and marrying。 The world view of John Cacioppo importance was shown that at his funeral the chapel was decorated with white flowers sent by the crown princess of Denmark， she knew John well and was inspired by his work on loneliness， which she made a priority of her nonprofit foundation。Ms。 Cacioppo shares her experience of grief and coming to grips with the new normal of living without her much loved husband。This book will be of interest to many！ 。。。more
Franchesca
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Dive deep into the inner workings of a lonely brain， a connected brain， and a brain in love。 Dr。 Stephanie Cacioppo， a neuroscientist of romantic love， was content being single， focusing on her work delving deep into the inner workings of the brain and how humans are uniquely affected by love。 At thirty-seven she met John， a renowned neuroscientist of lonliness， fell in love， and got married。 After seven year of marriage， living and working together， John， after a long battle with cancer， passed Dive deep into the inner workings of a lonely brain， a connected brain， and a brain in love。 Dr。 Stephanie Cacioppo， a neuroscientist of romantic love， was content being single， focusing on her work delving deep into the inner workings of the brain and how humans are uniquely affected by love。 At thirty-seven she met John， a renowned neuroscientist of lonliness， fell in love， and got married。 After seven year of marriage， living and working together， John， after a long battle with cancer， passed away， leaving Stephanie feeling deep loneliness and grief。 This book is about love， connection， joy， loss， loneliness and grief， and how these feelings and emotions change and shape our brains and effect the physical body， in a beautiful memoir that opens the heart and brain to the power of love and positive emotions。 An interesting， touching and informative read。 This review is of an ARC I won in a Goodreads giveaway。 。。。more
Melissa
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I won this from a Goodreads giveaway。 It was informative and bittersweet （I'm a widow， so I can relate to the author in that respect。） Very well researched and cited。 The only thing that I thought could be better is if the publisher would have included the notes at the bottom of the page。 Highly recommended。 I won this from a Goodreads giveaway。 It was informative and bittersweet （I'm a widow， so I can relate to the author in that respect。） Very well researched and cited。 The only thing that I thought could be better is if the publisher would have included the notes at the bottom of the page。 Highly recommended。 。。。more
Luis Cuesta
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I received this book as a Goodreads review and I like how Stephanie Cacioppo blends memoir and science in her book in order to explain love’s ability to enhance one’s life。 Based on her own research as a neuroscientist， she shares revelatory insights into how and why we fall in love， what makes love last， and how we process love lost。 Cacioppo also recounts her own love story to explore the healing power of partnership in a moving way that mixes her scholarship and devotion to science with human I received this book as a Goodreads review and I like how Stephanie Cacioppo blends memoir and science in her book in order to explain love’s ability to enhance one’s life。 Based on her own research as a neuroscientist， she shares revelatory insights into how and why we fall in love， what makes love last， and how we process love lost。 Cacioppo also recounts her own love story to explore the healing power of partnership in a moving way that mixes her scholarship and devotion to science with human insight。 。。。more
Erin （Brooklyn Book Fanatic）
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A fantastic， quick read with lots of heart （no pun intended！） and smarts。
Mallory
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I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway。 Thank you for my free copy。 Cacioppo had me from the very beginning， with the story of the famous hermit of a。 physicist who fell in love with a woman quite his opposite。 Together they both became better versions of themselves。 “Wired for Love” details not only Cacioppo’s research into the neuroscience of love and connection （as well as her late husband’s research on loneliness）， but her own fierce， powerful and ultimately tragic love story。 This book is I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway。 Thank you for my free copy。 Cacioppo had me from the very beginning， with the story of the famous hermit of a。 physicist who fell in love with a woman quite his opposite。 Together they both became better versions of themselves。 “Wired for Love” details not only Cacioppo’s research into the neuroscience of love and connection （as well as her late husband’s research on loneliness）， but her own fierce， powerful and ultimately tragic love story。 This book is part memoir， part science book， and the way that Cacioppo mixes the two makes it a fun， accessible and interesting read。 I also found the length to be just right。 Sometimes non-fiction can feel a bit soapbox-y， but Cacioppo’s writing style prevents this。 I would recommend this book to anyone interested in love， neuroscience， or the life of a modern scientist。 。。。more
michelle
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leading neuroscientist on love falls for leading neuroscientist on loneliness meet-cute <3 short， easy to read， and a real treat if you're a romantic like me。 leading neuroscientist on love falls for leading neuroscientist on loneliness meet-cute <3 short， easy to read， and a real treat if you're a romantic like me。 。。。more
Maudaevee
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I found this very interesting and engaging， the tempo and mixing of narrative NF with memoir was quite a joy to read。
Mary
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Interesting read
Sydney Jablonski
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