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Oxytocin: A Cure for Shyness and Anti-Social Behavior?

Post Date: Jul 21, 2008 3:51 a.m.
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time.com Without oxytocin people would be far less inclined to seek social interaction, let alone fall in love and mate for life. The brain releases gobs of it during orgasm, mothers are awash in it during breastfeeding and, in clinical trials, a spritz of oxytocin has been shown to reduce anxiety, increase feelings and even ease the symptoms of shyness. Most previous research on oxytocin has focused on animals. (Prairie voles are famous for their oxytocin-inspired behavior: they're fiercely monogamous lovers and caring parents.) But more recently, scientists have begun to… http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1820828,00.html?xid=rss-topstories

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