In 2000, Bartels and Zeki performed a study in which they hypothesized that there may be special pathways in the brain that support the feeling of romantic love.To test their hypothesis they recruited volunteers who reported themselves to be "truly, deeply, and madly in love." They then used brain imaging methods to determine which areas of the volunteers' brains were active when looking at pictures of their loved one.How did these researchers operationally define romantic love?
A) They asked volunteers if they were in a romantic relationship.
B) They gave volunteers a Depth of Love scale.
C) They used self-reports of volunteers who claimed to be "truly, deeply, and madly in love."
D) These researchers did not operationally define romantic love.

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Bartels and Zeki operationally defined romantic love by using self-reports of volunteers who claimed to be "truly, deeply, and madly in love." This allowed them to recruit individuals who they believed were experiencing romantic love and use brain imaging methods to study the areas of their brains that were active when looking at pictures of their loved ones.

In 2000, Bartels and Zeki Performed a Study in Which