This article was in the SF Chronicle this week-end. It is called My Father,
My Son: The cycle of life, round two by Ariana Amini. Her father was
Fariborz Amini. 

Amini, Fariborz: Iranian-born American psychiatrist (1930-2004), at the
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), known for using science to
study the phenomenon of love. In his work, Amini explained "how lingering
but forgotten impressions, like a smell or sound associated with a person or
a positive experience, become embedded in the mind's memory banks, where
neurons constantly fire and forge connections. Over time these links are
reinforced through repeated exposure, leading to affectional bonds." This
thesis was set forth in "A General Theory of Love" (2000) which Amini
published in 2000 with his UCSF colleagues Thomas Lewis and Richard Lannon.
He was also called Fari Amini.

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