Love is everywhere you look. People talk about love in pop songs, on TV, across social media, over dinner, at work, and in school hallways. There is also growing scientific interest in romantic love, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Words often fail to describe how fervent of a force love is—in all its forms.

“Love is at the same time the most generous and the most egotistical thing in nature.” —Friedrich Schiller Is romantic love egoistic, as many insist? And if so, is it possible that love also has ...