【◎曼陀羅藏◎】: Your Brain on a Rom-Com

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既然有緣到此一訪，
何妨放鬆一下妳(你)的心緒，
歇一歇妳(你)的腳步，

讓我陪妳(你)喝一杯香醇的咖啡吧！

這裡是一個完全開放的交心空間，
躺在綠意漾然的草原上，望著晴空的藍天，
白雲和微風嬉鬧著，無拘無束的赤著腳，
可以輕輕鬆鬆的道出心中情。

天馬行空的釋放著胸懷，緊緊擁抱著彼此的情緒。
共同分享著彼此悲歡離合的酸甜苦辣。
互相激勵，互相撫慰，互相提攜，
一齊向前邁進。

也因為有妳(你)的來訪，我們認識了。
請讓我能擁有機會回拜於妳(你)空間的機會。
謝謝妳(你)！

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2015年2月28日星期六

Your Brain on a Rom-Com

So that's why that Ryan Gosling flick gave you all the feels.

PUBLISHED: FEBRUARY 26, 2015 | BY JESSICA MIGALA

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The best-ever excuse to admit you're a sucker for sappy stories: They're ace for your health. Here's how the plot unfolds...

The Meet-Cute

Feel a little thrill at the would-be couple's first run-in? The actors' body language determines how you interpret the scene. Staring into each others' eyes? Ahh, love. Trying to stare into each others' eyes but ogling elsewhere? Oh yeah, lust.
Awkward conversations (or sassy monologues) aren't just funny. They help out your ticker. Belly laughing can lower blood pressure as much as exercise does (and can burn 40 calories per 10 minutes!).

The Buildup

Your brain's empathy center is now activated and ordering a release of hormones such as dopamine and oxytocin, which make you feel as ifyou are the one falling in love. Cue butterflies in your stomach or a faster heartbeat.
Seriously, you really feel it. Studies suggest that when the (so-hot) hero strokes the (way-gorg) heroine's arm, the area of your brain that interprets touch can light up.
And just like that...trouble in paradise. Rom-com writers use fights and breakups to hold your attention, because strife prompts your noggin to dredge up your own romantic woes. You now totally identify with these characters.

The Happy Ending

Problems solved. You walk away in a much better mood, thanks to a laughter-induced endorphin rush. A feel-good finale also puts the kibosh on stress hormones. In fact, watching a romantic comedy before bed can help prevent insomnia.
The story's comical moments can imprint in your brain, allowing you to recall your fave film's dialogue whenever you want—a process that can boost your long-term memory.
And by churning up personal issues—along with possible resolutions—the movie can prompt a cathartic release of feelings. That's why cinema therapists (yep, they have Ph.D.'s and everything) find flicks so useful: The plots can unlock reactions that might otherwise have remained buried.
Score! One study found that couples who watched, then discussed, such films were more likely to still be a pair three years later.

Sources: Stephanie Cacioppo, Ph.D., The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine; Michael Miller, M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine; Birgit Wolz, Ph.D., cinema therapist in Lake County, California

For more sex and health news, pick up the March 2015 issue of Women's Health, on newsstands now.