Trust, morality -- and oxytocin
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CPosted
Tue 15 Nov 2011 1:09am
Just thinking about all the things this explains in our every-days...
Paul Zak: Trust, morality -- and oxytocin | Video on TED.com
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Oxytocin again: This neuropeptide may not be a "magical 'trust elixir'"
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Stephanie AllenPosted
Tue 27 Jul 2010 7:53pm
Here's another piece of research on oxytocin. (Links to past posts about oxytocin below.) The study from Psychological Science is here: "Oxytocin Makes People Trusting, Not Gullible." Excerpt (citations removed): The neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) plays such a key role in social behavior that it has been referred to as “the love hormone” and “liquid trust
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The Dark Side of Oxytocin
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Ed H.Posted
Mon 01 Aug 2011 6:09pm
For a hormone, oxytocin is pretty famous. It’s the “cuddle chemical” — the hormone that helps mothers bond with their babies. Salespeople can buy oxytocin spray on the internet, to make their clients trust them. It’s known for promoting positive feelings, but more recent research has found that oxytocin can promote negative emotions, too
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Research on the role of oxytocin...
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Thomas Z. RamsøyPosted
Fri 12 Sep 2008 3:33pm
Research on the role of oxytocin, a neuropeptide, in social cognition has generated much interest during the last few years. We have earlier written about oxytocin’s role in social attachment; together with vasopressin, another neuropeptide, oxytocin is thought to be critical for linking social signals to structures in the mesolimbic part of the brain
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Release the Flow of Oxytocin for Emotional and Relationship Health
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Lisa K., MFTPosted
Tue 05 Oct 2010 12:44pm
Pssst…have you heard of oxytocin? If you’re committed to improving your emotional and relationship health, it’s something you might want to learn a bit more about. In the article, Love Potion #1?: Human Hormone Increases Positive Communication Between Couples (ScienceDaily.com), the question was raised as to whether oxytocin might assist couples
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Release the Flow of Oxytocin for Emotional and Relationship Health
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Lisa K. MFTPosted
Tue 05 Oct 2010 12:44pm
Pssst…have you heard of oxytocin? If you’re committed to improving your emotional and relationship health, it’s something you might want... oxytocin might assist couples in discussing difficult topics by reducing their cortisol (stress) levels. Another study (Bonn University and Cambridge’s Babraham Institute) found
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Oxytocin Increases Trust, Not Gullibility
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HealthFinderPosted
Sat 28 Aug 2010 10:00am
) -- While the hormone oxytocin makes people more trusting, it doesn't make them more gullible, a new study shows.
Oxytocin -- a naturally occurring hormone that functions..., generosity and trust, but it hasn't been known whether this heightened trust was selective.
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Treatment with oxytocin spray can improve emotion understanding in autism
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Kathy J.Posted
Fri 09 Apr 2010 8:00am
can improve some symptoms of autism, there is currently no effective treatment for these problems.
Oxytocin is a hormone that has effects on brain function. Although... Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, Australian autism experts recruited adolescents with ASDs. Using a rigorous study design, they administered a single dose each of oxytocinRead on »
Oxytocin Increases Trust, Not Gullibility
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Medline PlusPosted
Sat 28 Aug 2010 6:00am
(HealthDay News) -- While the hormone oxytocin makes people more trusting, it doesn't make them more gullible, a new study shows.
Oxytocin -- a naturally occurring hormone... nasal spray or an oxytocin nasal spray, and were then asked to play a trust game in which they received a certain amount of money they could share with a partner. Any money
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