Must be love on the brain: A psychiatrist on how love affects our minds

By Mitch Wertlieb,

Published February 14, 2024 at 4:26 PM EST

It’s Valentine’s Day! Or for some, the day before your favorite chocolate goes on clearance.

But we're wondering: how does love work? Dr. Jeremiah Dickerson, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the University of Vermont Medical Center, tells us what happens in your brain when you fall in love— and how it reacts when you’re falling out of love.

Broadcast at noon Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mitch Wertlieb

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.

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