從生物學角度來看,曖昧處於一種**「忽冷忽熱的獎勵機制」。這就像玩拉霸機,你不知道哪一次會中獎,所以那偶爾出現的甜頭(例如他突然摸了你的頭、過馬路時牽了一下你的手)會讓大腦分泌大量多巴胺,讓你產生一種「賭徒心態」。這種不穩定的獎勵,往往比穩定的戀愛關係更具吸引力(Whitchurch et al., 2011)。
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