研究顯示 愛情和毒品一樣會讓你上癮大綱

Love is known to cause symptoms similar to those seen with addiction, and has even been linked to addiction-like activity in the brain.

正如人們所知，愛情會引起類似上癮的症狀，甚至與大腦中的成癮活動有關。

But, scientists remain divided on whether you truly can become addicted to love.

但是科學家們在人是否真的會對愛情上癮這個問題上分歧很大。

The researchers from Oxford University Centre for Neuroethics looked at 64 studies on love and addiction published between 1956 and 2016, according to New Scientist.

據《新科學家》雜誌報道，來着牛津大學神經倫理學中心的研究者們分析了64份研究，這些研究出版於1956年至2016年之間，都有關愛情和成癮。

As with drugs, the team found that love can trigger reward signals in the brain and can cause euphoria – but, it can also lead to cravings, obsessive behaviour, and grief when a relationship ends.

該團隊發現愛情和毒品一樣，可以在大腦中出發獎勵信號、並引發快感--但是當一段關係結束時，也會導致渴望、強迫行爲以及悲傷。

The team identified two distinct ways to describe love addiction: a 'narrow' view and a 'broad' view.

該團隊確定了兩種不同的對愛情上癮：一個是“狹義”上的，另一個則是“廣義”上的。

'The narrow view counts only the most extreme, harmful forms of love,' the authors wrote in the study.

作者們在研究中寫道：“狹義的愛情上癮是最極端、最有害的愛。”

According to the researchers, 'narrow' love addiction is the result of abnormal processes in the brain's reward center. This form of love addiction is thought to be 'quite rare,' and has been linked to attachment behaviours that interfere with other aspects of that person's everyday life.

據研究者們表示，狹義的愛情上癮是大腦獎勵中心異常過程的結果。這種愛情上癮被認爲是“非常罕見的”，並且被認爲和干擾個人日常生活其他方面的連接行爲有關。

And, it's even led to stalking and murder, according to New Scientist.

而且據《新科學家》報道，這種愛情上癮甚至還會導致跟蹤和謀殺。

'Broad' love addiction, on the other hand, is more like typical love, though cravings are stronger.

而另一方面，廣義的愛情上癮更像是典型的愛情--雖然慾望更強一些。

'The broad view, by contrast, counts even basic social attachment as being on a spectrum of addictive motivations, underwritten by similar neurochemical processes as more conventional addictions.'

“相比之下，廣義的愛情上癮是基本的社會依戀，包括一連串的致癮動機，這是一種類似傳統致癮的神經化學過程。”

Both of these forms, though, can cause harm, as they can lead to unhealthy and even abusive relationships.

但是這兩種愛情上癮都會造成傷害，因爲它們都可能會導致不健康、甚至是虐待的關係。