Scientists Experiment With 'Trust' Hormone

Associated Press via Yahoo ^ | June 1, 2005 | JOSEPH B. VERRENGIA, AP Science Writer

[Servant of the 9]

Oxytocin causes contractions (orgasm, labor etc), Pitocin is the synthetic form of oxytocin. Interesting article.

Oxytocin enables orgasm as well as increased trust?

This is beginning to sound like every teenaged boy's dream drug.

SO9

[oblomov]

My understanding is that oxytocin is released in the mother during breastfeeding, and is believed to contribute to the feeling of a bond between the nursing mother and the child.

[Larry Lucido]

Will it make a girl believe a guy when he says "I love you" or "Sure, I'll call you tomorrow"? Could be quite a market for this, if so.

[Constitution Day]

Call me oxytocin-deprived, if you like

You're oxytocin-deprived, but I must be too.

[QQQQQ]

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[QQQQQ]

Conversely, maybe people who are easily trusting and easily conned have an overabuncance of oxytocin, and their gullible behavior could be counteracted by some medication, which would counteract the effect of the hormone.

[RhoTheta]

Pitocin Ping.

[wideminded]

I have heard that oxytocin has also been linked with the greater toleration by women of repetitive work.

[Paradox]

Oxytocin is a remarkable hormone, responsible for a whole host of emotional and physical responses. From love, to birthing labor.

[proxy_user]

I hope you meant 'bated'. Otherwise, I don't want to know...

[Lil'freeper]

IIRC, oxytocin is the hormone that makes cows release their milk.

[joesnuffy]

"Oxytocin causes a substantial increase in trusting behavior," Fehr and his colleagues reported.

The bad news is...you begin lactating profusely..

[Millee]

Oh gosh, was that Freudian??? Thanks for the correction!

[neverdem]

Other scientists say the new research raises important questions about oxytocin's potential as a therapy for conditions like autism or social phobias, in which trust is diminished.

The Genetics of Autism. This is an article I found looking for a review article on oxytocin.

William’s Syndrome

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[King Prout]

oh, crap!

[Servant of the 9]

oh, crap!

No, it doesn't seem to have any effect on that.

So9

[King Prout]

I trust your assessment of this.

[blurb]

>>>My understanding is that oxytocin is released in the mother during breastfeeding, and is believed to contribute to the feeling of a bond between the nursing mother and the child.


The "bonding hormone" is prolactin. Oxytocin is what causes the milk to be released from the milk ducts.