ABSTRACT
Love is less a single feeling than it is an entire motivational system moving us to connect with others, and if there is one feeling or emotion that may be at the core of love it is empathy. If the author had to choose an image to represent or symbolize the concept of love it would have to be the blissful look on a young mother's face as she breast-feeds the very contented infant snuggled in her arms—the purest love it will ever know. The symbiotic bond between mother and child is revealed in a number of studies assessing their very special interdependent relationship. Tactile stimulation is a fancy phrase scientists use to designate various kinds of touching. A mother's touch communicates her loving emotions and sends signals of security to her infant. This is what we earlier called "limbic system resonance.".
