ScienceCan heartbreak really ‘hurt’ you to death? How love changes the brain

Losing someone we love can bring an experience people describe as feeling utterly heartbroken. That pain may be more than a literary metaphor and could reflect a genuine physical sensation. Brain scans of people in love are used to examine the changes romantic attachment can trigger. The feature also explores what happens in the brain after a breakup and how neuroscience may help people move beyond heartbreak.