Saturday, January 14, 2012

'Love hormone' which makes mothers kinder could help treat autism | Mail Online

'Love hormone' which makes mothers kinder could help treat autism Mail Online: 'If that's true, it's really cool, because it suggests that oxytocin breaks down normal social barriers.'However past research has suggested that the hormone could also have a negative impact, prompting participants to become angry and more aggressive.
Confirming this suspicion, Platt observed that within the first hour or two after getting the hormone, the monkeys actually became more selfish and it took a couple of hours for them to become more social and compassionate.

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