Hearts and Minds: How Our Brains Are Hardwired for Relationships

Mammals raising their young evolved brains hardwired for emotional relationships. Around this mammalian core, humans evolved a new, larger brain for abstract thinking. Too often our abstract thinking gets in the way of emotionally connecting with other people. Hearts and Minds shows you how to improve your relationships by integrating these different brain systems. Plus, you’ll ?nd: • The best places to meet single men and women (page 93). • How young men and women fall in love with mirrors of themselves (page 74), when mature men and women love their real partners, including accepting their faults (page 83). • How switching gender roles moves dating into a committed relationship (page 139). • How to use con?icts to strengthen a relationship (page 146).