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18
. For a review of oxytocin, vasopressin and attachment, see Insel, T. R., ‘The challenge of translation in social neuroscience: A review of oxytocin, vasopressin, and affiliative behavior’,
Neuron
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19
. Walum, H., Westberg, L., Henningsson, Jenae M.,
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20
. Larkin, P.,
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21
. Bowlby, J.,
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22
. For an article on romantic love and attachment, see Hazan, C., and Shaver, P., ‘Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process’,
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23
. Carola, V., Frazzetto, G., and Gross, C., ‘Identifying interactions between genes and early environment in the mouse’,
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24
. These data refer to access monitored in April 2011: Subscription Site Insider (2011) Dating and matchmaking site benchmark report. Newport, RI: Anne Holland Ventures; for a detailed, comprehensive review of the benefits and limitations of online dating see Finkel, E. J., Eastwick, P. W., Karney, B. R., Reis, H. T., and Sprecher, S., ‘Online dating: A critical analysis from the perspective of psychological science’,
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25
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26
. For an account of how love and relationships have become commodified, and the rise of ‘emotional capitalism’, see Illouz, Eva,
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27
. Fisher, H.,
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28
. The most widely used and accepted inventory of personality identifies the ‘Big Five’ traits: Openness to new experiences, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism, forming the acronym OCEAN; McRae, R. R., and Costa, P. T., ‘Validation of the five-factor model across instruments and observers’,
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Epilogue

1
. The rabbit–duck illusion is a multi-stable figure attributed to the American psychologist Joseph Jastrow and later used by Wittgenstein in Philosophical Investigations.

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