#1138 Adam Bode: The Science of Romantic Love

Hello everyone, welcome to a new episode of The Decenter. I'm your host, as always, Ricardo Lops, and today I'm joined by Adam Bode. He is an interdisciplinary romantic love and human mating researcher who employs an ethological framework in his theory and analysis. We're going to talk about that today. He's currently enrolled in a PhD in biological anthropology at the Australian National University School of Archaeology and Anthropology, and he holds a position as a sessional academic at Federation University Australia in the Institute of Health and Wellbeing.

And today we're going to explore the topic of romantic love. So, Adam, welcome to the show. It's a pleasure to everyone. My pleasure as well. So first of all, let's start perhaps here with a definition or an understanding of romantic love.

So what is romantic love? It's a good question because it's a little bit muddy. So what I mean when I say romantic love is it's that thing that happens at the beginning of a romantic relationship. where you go a little bit crazy and think your partner is the best thing ever. It's essentially a motivational state associated with intense cognitions, emotions, and behaviors.

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