Helen Fisher (anthropologist)

Helen Fisher
Fisher in 2014
Born (1945-05-31) May 31, 1945 (age 79)
Alma materNew York University (BA)
University of Colorado Boulder (MA, PhD)
Known forWhy We Love, anthropology of sex, romance, attachment and personality
Spouse
(m. 2020)
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology
InstitutionsThe Kinsey Institute

Helen Elizabeth Fisher[1] (born May 31, 1945) is an American anthropologist, human behaviour researcher, and self-help author. She is a biological anthropologist, is a senior research fellow, at The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, and a member of the Center For Human Evolutionary Studies in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University.[2][3][4][5] Prior to Rutgers University, she was a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

Fisher said that when she began researching for her dissertation, she considered the one thing all humans have in common – their reproductive strategies.[6] She is now a well referenced scholar in the love research community.[citation needed] In 2005, she was hired by match.com to help build chemistry.com, which used her research and experience to create both hormone-based and personality-based matching systems. She was one of the main speakers at the 2006 and 2008 TED conference.[7] On January 30, 2009, she was featured in an ABC News 20/20[8] special, Why Him? Why Her? The Science of Seduction, where she discussed her most recent research on brain chemistry and romantic love. Despite her notoriety, Fisher has only co-authored two scientific studies on romantic love.[9][10]

She appears in the 2014 documentary film about heart-break and loneliness, entitled Sleepless in New York[11] and the 2017 PBS Nova special on computerized dating, 'How to Find Love Online'.

Fisher advises that in order to sustain long-term deep attachment and romantic love, a couple should leverage neurochemistry by regularly having sex and physical contact (which drives up the oxytocin system), engaging in novel activities (which drives up the dopamine system), and saying nice things to the partner (which reduces cortisol and cholesterol).[12]

  1. ^ "Fisher, Helen: --Anthropologist". Connection.ebscohost.com. Retrieved July 31, 2016.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Health Report - 6/09/99: Biology of Love". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2011-08-24. Archived from the original on August 24, 2011. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  3. ^ "Stony Brook Mind/Brain Lecture Series : 10th Annual Lecture: The Drive to Love – The Biology and Evolution of Romantic Love : Guest Lecturer: Helen Fisher, Ph.D". Theswartzfoundation.org. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
  4. ^ "BBC Science – Human Body & Mind – Science of Love". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
  5. ^ "Helen Fisher | Aspen Ideas". Aspen Ideas Festival. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  6. ^ "Helen Fisher – Love and Sex and Attachment". On Being with Krista Tippett. Archived from the original on June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  7. ^ "Browse Talks – TED.com". Ted.com. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  8. ^ ABC News. "The Science of Seduction: Why Him, Why Her?". ABC News. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
  9. ^ Aron, Arthur; Fisher, Helen; Mashek, Debra J.; Strong, Greg; Li, Haifang; Brown, Lucy L. (July 2005). "Reward, motivation, and emotion systems associated with early-stage intense romantic love". Journal of Neurophysiology. 94 (1): 327–337. doi:10.1152/jn.00838.2004. ISSN 0022-3077. PMID 15928068.
  10. ^ Acevedo, Bianca P.; Aron, Arthur; Fisher, Helen E.; Brown, Lucy L. (2011-01-05). "Neural correlates of long-term intense romantic love". Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 7 (2): 145–159. doi:10.1093/scan/nsq092. ISSN 1749-5016. PMC 3277362. PMID 21208991.
  11. ^ Sumi, Glenn. "Sleepless in New York". Now (Review). Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  12. ^ Fisher, Helen (11 February 2016). "The science behind maintaining a happy long-term relationship". Big Think.

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