How to mend a broken heart? In Love Hurts: The Science of Heartbreak, host Anthony Morgan takes viewers on a fascinating discovery to understand what happens to the human body and mind when experiencing the sorrow and pain of a broken heart. With Valentine’s Day around the corner impacting people in various ways, Love Hurts takes the pulse of broken hearts to find out if science can ease the human feelings of loss, rejection, and betrayal. Directed by Karen Cho and produced by Noble Television (more info here), in association with CBC’s The Nature of Things, Love Hurts: The Science of Heartbreak will be available Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 9 p.m. ET (9:30 p.m. NT) on CBC TV and CBC Gem. The episode can also be accessed after February 8, 2024 on CBC Gem.
The fallout of falling out of love affects so many aspects of human biology and psychology that it remains on the cutting edge of scientific inquiry. What happens when we’re heartbroken? To our brains? Our bodies? Our cells? Love Hurts explores the science of heartbreak from its immediate effects to its long term biophysical consequences to potential science-based remedies. Can science help cure a broken heart?
The documentary brings together some of the world’s leading experts and researchers in the fields of neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry and evolutionary biology to get to the heart of heartbreak. Additionally, it follows individuals who are turning to science to understand and help cope with these painful experiences.
The Nature of Things is CBC’s longest running weekly series, hosted by Sarika Cullis-Suzuki (a marine biologist) and Anthony Morgan (a molecular scientist). Every week, the influential program presents stories that are driven by a scientific understanding of the world; stories full of adventure, drama and insight.
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