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Helen Fisher studies gender differences and the evolution of human emotions. She is considered an expert on love. In a seminar, she discusses how the brain reacts to love, and why human beings crave it so much. She explains that when people are really in love, a certain part of the brain becomes active. Love will make people do anything for "Life's Greatest Prize" (love). Someone can be really in love for years, and if they are dumped, they can be stuck on someone for a very long time, like Jay Gatsby was. Gatsby was stuck on Daisy for 5 years after they separated, and even when he found out she was married. He tried very hard to get her back during that time. He made a fortune bootlegging alcohol, so he could build a really nice house right across the bay from hers, and throw extravagant parties in hopes that Daisy will one day show up at one. One could argue that Gatsby's love for Daisy wasn't a real love, but instead an infatuation with the past. If only we could put him in an MRI and see if the part of the brain related to love was active. One could argue that he was really in love, for he died protecting Daisy and her secret.
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