A leading neuroscientist has predicted that research on the effects of Oxytocin will lead to the development of love potions in the near future. Pointing to growing evidence of the role that the hormone plays in producing feelings of empathy and in social bonding, Dr Larry Young claims that oxytocin nasal sprays will soon [...]
More evidence of the role that Oxytocin plays in regulating social behaviour has been uncovered by researchers at the University of Zurich. By giving a dose of the hormone Oxytocin to arguing couples via a nasal spray, they found that the stress hormone Cortisol would be reduced and that conflict levels were less than in [...]
Scientific investigation into the mystery of love might for some be analysing the rainbow to an uncomfortable extent, but for some researchers, the process of falling (and staying) in love, is as facinating and explorable as any other human phenomenon. Oregon scientist Larry Sherman has studied the neurological changes and hormone releases that love triggers (or should [...]
