Wired for Love, Stephanie Cacioppo
Wired for Love, Stephanie Cacioppo
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Wired for Love
A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection

Author: Stephanie Cacioppo

Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya

Unabridged: 6 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/05/2022


Synopsis

From the world’s foremost neuroscientist of romantic love comes a personal story of connection and heartbreak that brings new understanding to an old truth: better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

"This highly accessible audiobook is not only a love story, but also an exploration of the bizarre functions of the brain that create physical and emotional connections between human beings." -AudioFile on Wired for Love

At thirty-seven, Dr. Stephanie Cacioppo was content to be single. She was fulfilled by her work on the neuroscience of romantic love—how finding and growing with a partner literally reshapes our brains. That was, until she met the foremost neuroscientist of loneliness. A whirlwind romance led to marriage, to sharing an office at the University of Chicago. After seven years of being inseparable at work and home, she lost her beloved husband following a devastating battle with cancer.

In Wired for Love, Dr. Stephanie Cacioppo tells not just not just a science story, but also a love story. She shares revelatory insights into how we fall in love, and why; what makes love last; and how we process love lost—all grounded in cutting-edge findings in brain chemistry and behavioral science. Woven through it all is her moving personal story, from astonishment, to unbreakable bond, to grief and healing. Her experience and her work enrich each other, creating a singular blend of science and lyricism that’s essential reading for anyone looking for connection.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

About Stephanie Cacioppo

Stephanie Cacioppo is one of the world’s leading authorities on the neuroscience of social connections. Her work on the neurobiology of romantic love and loneliness has been published in top academic journals and covered by The New York Times, CNN and National Geographic, among others.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Irene on April 08, 2022

I wanted to like this book a lot more than I did. I am very aware that the topic of her specialty and the rampant misogyny in the neurology field has already put her in the "not to be taken seriously" box, so I am reluctant to add to it, but the neurobiology sections felt extremely surface level and......more

Goodreads review by Clif on July 19, 2023

A unique mix of neurology and memoir, this book describes brain activity caused by falling in love, and then the author goes on to recount her own personal experience of falling in love. Readers who enjoy a true love story will find it here, and unwittingly learn a bit of science while immeshed in t......more

Goodreads review by Kate The Book Addict on April 10, 2022

Wow! You may WRONGLY—think this is going to be another boring scientific book by a brilliant neuroscientist but it is magnificent in it’s true stories of relationships we can all identify with, with truly fascinating science facts you learn so many of but never feel overburdened by, and a true and h......more

Goodreads review by Makmild on March 03, 2025

จดหมายรักฉบับนักวิทย์ มีความรักแล้วดีอย่างไร (ในแบบวิทยาศาสตร์) เล่มนี้มีคำตอบ ตอนแรกคาดหวังไว้ว่าจะได้เจอวิชาการแบบเบิ้มๆ จัดไปเลยพี่ ไม่ ยูเข้าใจผิดแล้ว เล่มนี้อ่านง่ายมาก ไม่ต้องกังวล นักเขียนเล่าเรื่องราวความรักของตัวเอง (กูถามจริง ยังกะนิยายรัก) ไปควบคู่กับวิทยาศาสตร์และงานวิจัย ดอกเตอร์ความรักก......more