Word: oxytocin
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...partner into what can approach an obsession, and that something is the brain's nucleus accumbens, located slightly higher and farther forward than the ventral tegmental. Thrill signals that start in the lower brain are processed in the nucleus accumbens via not just dopamine but also serotonin and, importantly, oxytocin. If ever there was a substance designed to bind, it's oxytocin...
...person. FM: What do you think about the different cultural expectations of men and women? Do you think it’s as important for men to be abstinent as women? JF: Biologically, women are more likely to get attached after sexual intercourse, but it definitely goes both ways. Oxytocin is released, particularly in women, when they engage in sexual intercourse, and it’s a hormone that’s meant to bind you to your partner...I think the way to be an empowered woman is to realize that there’s a power in coming...
...study of 200 students playing a game with real money, researchers found that the hormone oxytocin, applied as a nasal spray, increased a student's willingness to trust another player. While the finding may offer another clue to understanding social phobias--or even autism--the half-life of the spray is too short for use by used-car salesmen...
...neurons that reach out and form synapses, necessary for new learning. Dr. Kinsley compares it to a computer acquiring extra bandwidth to help it run more than one program at a time. There has also been some intriguing recent research on the impacts of two hormones important to motherhood, oxytocin and prolactin, on mental functioning--specifically, learning and memory and the reduction of fear and anxiety...
...Perhaps, although Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg, an authority on oxytocin, told me that she's convinced a woman's brain becomes more receptive to the impact of oxytocin after the first heavy dose that comes with labor and breast feeding. What I've come to believe is that the hormones of pregnancy and early motherhood help us form what may be the strongest personal relationship of our lives. It's that relationship--the years of flexing our brains as we deal with the challenges presented by a growing child--that may have the most impact in training...