Oxytocin has been famously dubbed “the love hormone” for its role in care and social bonding. Psychological studies in humans have shown that oxytocin promotes empathy, increases cooperation in ...

Nov. 16 -- SUNDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- With a reputation as the "love hormone," oxytocin has been linked to trust, empathy and generosity. But new research suggests that oxytocin plays a role ...

Everything you feel–whether overwhelmed with love, brimming with aggression, hunger, stress, or a little frisky–can be traced back to hormones. Among these powerful little chemicals is one that you've ...

Prairie voles without oxytocin receptors still formed lifelong bonds and had kids, a new study finds, suggesting its effect on social behaviors isn't so clear. Reading time 4 minutes New research ...

Some have called oxytocin, the "cuddling hormone" produced during childbirth, nursing and sex that is believed to promote long-term attachment, a "love drug." A few have even wondered if someday drug ...

Oxytocin, a hormone previously thought to be necessary for forming social bonds like mating and giving birth, may not be as essential as researchers previously thought it to be, a study out Friday ...

Suppose you’re familiar with the Harry Potter franchise. In that case, you might remember when Romilda Vane creates a love potion that was mistakenly ingested by Ron Weasley (it was originally aimed ...

As twenty-one-year-old Toria Christie scrolled through TikTok, she started to cry. “I was so sad when I first saw [those videos],” she tells me. “Like, so sad.” Christie doesn’t habitually cry at ...

Regardless of whether romance is on the menu for you this Valentine’s Day, your brain is always trying to reward your investment in social interaction or motivate you to bond with others when human ...