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By now, we've all heard of the powers of oxytocin, the much-vaunted "cuddle hormone" that makes people fall in love and hamsters kill each other. Well, now there's something else oxytocin can do: predict which couples will stay together. More »
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A new study suggests oxytocin could make you racist. Is there anything that fucking hormone won't do? After the jump, a look at all the things science has pinned on it recently. More »
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But what you say to her may depend on your childhood. According to a new study, oxytocin exaggerates the feelings guys have about their moms — good or bad. More »
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After studying how much oxytocin college-age women released after receiving $24 from a stranger, researchers concluded women who release more of the hormone are happier, and likely to have more sex, like being around people, and be more emotionally resilient. More »
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Scientists think oxytocin, the much-vaunted "cuddle hormone," can be used as a nasal spray to reduce shyness. But will a handy spritz really turn all shy caterpillars into social butterflies? More »
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•  Gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley has refused to take a lie detector test, which would supposedly prove whether she had a one night stand with lobbyist Larry Merchant. She has also been accused of having an affair with a blogger. More »
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According to a new study, just a phone call from Mom is enough to soothe stressed-out kids. And the effect of maternal soothing may persist into adulthood, even influencing how men interact with other women. More »
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Researchers have found that a nose spray containing the hormone oxytocin increases men's feelings of empathy and even helps them learn. Cue the gender stereotypes! More »
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• Did you know there was a such thing as a "Stripper-mobile?" Yes, it's exactly what it sounds like. But some people are worried that driving around in a clear plastic truck while pole dancing may not be safe. More »
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A new study found that oxytocin, usually thought to strengthen emotional bonds, also increases people's envy and schadenfreude. An earlier study found it made female hamsters more aggressive towards intruders. No word on what it does to rabbits. [NewScientist] More »
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Today's Wall Street Journal has a pretty simplistic take on how men and women talk about their relationship problems. But underneath the annoying Mars/Venus language, does the Journal have some (sort of) good advice about oversharing? More »
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This morning, The Doctors discussed different methods and hormones that can be utilized to intensify women's orgasms. One is a clit pump, the other is a nasal spray that shoots a hormone into the brain. More »
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Neuroscientist Larry Young has identified a "biochemical chain of events" that may lead to human love. According to the Times' John Tierney, this means we'll soon have a workable love potion — or love vaccine. More »
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More fodder for the foot soldiers in the mommy wars? A recent study at Yale University that performed brain scans on 12 new mothers suggests that women who give birth vaginally are more likely to develop stronger emotional bonds with their babies. Researchers theorize that labor contractions, which release the hormone oxytocin, may influence maternal behavior. (When a Cesarean is performed, oxytocin is not released.) [BBC] More »
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What if I had stayed a virgin? I entertain this thought sometimes, like when reading the New York Times Magazine story on Ivy League virgins. The difference between Ivy League virgins and regular virgins is that while regular virgins are scared of kids and Eternal Damnation, Ivy League virgins are scared of oxytocin. And to that end, they're not completely retarded. Oxytocin is the neurotransmitter released in the state commonly known as "infatuation", and it's probably the reason I personally sort of avoid sex these days, because of the chance said sex will lead to infatuation, which can be really fucking distracting. But I'm glad I wasn't always this way, because of girls like Janie Fredell. Janie, pictured, is a virgin. She is very very serious about limiting her oxytocin. She is so serious that she doesn't realize that her best friend Leo, an aspiring monk and her male partner in Harvard's "True Love Revolution" abstinence club, jerks off every morning to a fantasy about fucking her doggy style in a confessional. No seriously! I mean, the story doesn't specify the doggy style, but check out this passage. More »
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