Several theorists have proposed that, as emotions, romantic love and sexual desire serve commitment- and reproductionrelated functions, respectively, within short-term, romantic interactions (Gonzaga, Keltner, Londahl, & Smith, 2001; Keltner & Haidt, 2001; Shaver, Hazan, & Bradshaw, 1988). By implication, brief occurrences of romantic love and sexual desire should be associated with different experiences, displays, and physiological processes that serve pair-bonding and reproductive functions, respectively.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2007-11-24 01:46 am (UTC)love and sexual desire serve commitment- and reproductionrelated
functions, respectively, within short-term, romantic interactions
(Gonzaga, Keltner, Londahl, & Smith, 2001; Keltner &
Haidt, 2001; Shaver, Hazan, & Bradshaw, 1988). By implication,
brief occurrences of romantic love and sexual desire should be
associated with different experiences, displays, and physiological
processes that serve pair-bonding and reproductive functions,
respectively.