Helen Fisher
Biological anthropologist and author
Helen Fisher was an American biological anthropologist who studied the science of romantic love. Her book Why We Love is in our catalog.
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American Born 1945 in Manhattan, United States Died 2024
About Helen Fisher
Helen Fisher (1945 to 2024) was an American biological anthropologist and author who studied human behavior, with a focus on romantic love. She was a senior research fellow at The Kinsey Institute and belonged to the Center For Human Evolutionary Studies at Rutgers University. Earlier, she worked in New York City at the American Museum of Natural History as a research associate. She co-authored the first brain-scan study (using MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging) to tie early romantic love to specific brain regions. In 2005 she helped build the matching system behind chemistry.com, and she spoke at the TED conference in 2006 and 2008. Why We Love is the book of hers in our catalog. She wrote five books on love in all.