ABSTRACT
Love is not merely theologically or philosophically desirable; it is a biological and psychological necessity. More is being learned every day about the tremendous importance of love in human development and about the vital role of mothers in awakening and developing this most human of human qualities. Human beings have operated successfully in a bewildering variety of physical and cultural environments, from the simple caves of the Stone Age to the immense complexity of urban life in the nuclear age with this triune brain. Love is so vital to humans that newborns have expectations of receiving it built deeply into in their genetic makeup. Neuroscientists distinguish between two brain processes that physically capture environmental events: experience-expected and experience-dependent. To appreciate the important of love in wiring the brain we have to understand the process of synaptogenesis—the creation of synaptic connections between neurons.
