You may not want to hear it, but this Valentine’s Day you probably can’t escape it
oxytocin
How Oxytocin Makes Men (Almost) Monogamous
What the ‘Love Hormone’ Has to Do With Autism
The latest findings hint at why autistic children are more interested in objects and ideas than they are in other people.
How Terror Hijacks the Brain
Oxytocin May Forge Bonds Between Dads and Children
The latest research suggests the ‘love hormone’ could also help in treating conditions such as autism, schizophrenia and addiction that are triggered by disrupted relationships.
Stand By Your Man: Physical Proximity May Help Oxytocin to Keep Men in Relationships Faithful
Is the love hormone the antidote to infidelity? Researchers are doing their best to find out.
Q&A: Neuroscientist Larry Young on Sex, Drugs & Love Among Voles
He doesn’t claim to have the answer for why fools fall in love, but psychiatrist Larry Young hopes studying prairie voles will help.
‘Cuddle Chemical’ Oxytocin Relieves Alcohol Withdrawal
Oxytocin is best known for its role in creating social bonds, but it may also forge the chains of addiction.
Naomi Wolf’s Vagina Aside, What Neuroscience Really Says About Female Desire
The controversy surrounding journalist Naomi Wolf’s new book, Vagina: A Cultural History — an exploration of the brain-vagina connection — has brought fresh attention to the nature and neuroscience of female sexuality. …
How a Squirt of Oxytocin Could Ease Marital Spats and Boost Social Sensitivity
Oxytocin focuses our eyes — and our brains — on love. It could help troubled couples as well as autistic people
Human Kindness Genes Withstand Threats and Fear
People who are hard-wired to show empathy and kindness do so even in the face of a threatening or untrustworthy world.
Could the ‘Cuddle Chemical’ Oxytocin Improve Male Sexual Function?
Watch out, Viagra! The hormone oxytocin may also improve sexual function — at least in men with Asperger’s syndrome — according to a published case report.
A Blood Test to Predict Everlasting Love?
If you want to know if he loves you so, a new study suggests that the secret may not be in his kiss, but in his far less romantic-sounding blood levels of oxytocin.