An insightful look at the science behind love, Attached offers readers a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections.

Is there a science to love? In this groundbreaking book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel S. F. Heller reveal how an understanding of attachment theory the most advanced relationship science in existence today can help us find and sustain love.

Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment explains that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways:

Anxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partners ability to love them back.
Avoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimise closeness.
Secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving.

With fascinating psychological insight, quizzes and