How an NFL football player could have fallen in love with someone he never met

http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/18/how-manti-teo-could-have-fallen-in-love-with-someone-he-never-met/?iid=hl-main-lead / sports story star Notre Dame footballer gridiron American football fake dalliance girlfriend who never existed first round pick NFL draft April famous grandmother died developed emotional relationship woman met online authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her brain activity goes love is pretty complicated mix of chemical, cognitive and goal-directed behavioral processes signature characteristic being in love feels good neurotransmitters it activates is dopamine chemical associated with rewards Cocaine acts directly on the dopamine system brain likes being in love. And when the brain likes something, some of its other functions like reasoning or alertness to warning signals might get overlooked Humans have an innate sincerity detector," says Barbara L. Frederickson, a psychology professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and author of the soon to be released book Love 2.0 but only if we make eye contact /