'Love hormone' makes strangers look attractive.Byline: ANI London, Apr 10 (ANI): The so-called 'love hormone' oxytocin oxytocin (ŏksĭtō`sĭn), hormone released from the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland that facilitates uterine contractions and the milk-ejection reflex. , which is linked to a mother's tender feelings for her child and long-term devotion between partners, can play a crucial role in picking Mr (or Ms) Right, say researchers. A new study has found that men and women who smell a whiff of oxytocin rate strangers as more attractive. When oxytocin courses through our blood, "we are more likely to see people we don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. in a more positive light," says Angeliki Theodoridou, a psychologist at the University of Bristol, UK, and the study's lead researcher. To reach the conclusion, scientists tested 96 men and women in a double-blind placebo-controlled trial, reports New Scientist. After participants got either a spritz of oxytocin or a placebo, they rated pictures of 48 men and women for attractiveness and 30 for trustworthiness trustworthiness Ethics A principle in which a person both deserves the trust of others and does not violate that trust . Her team also tested for mood. Following the procedure, researchers found that volunteers who received oxytocin rated male and female strangers as both more attractive and trusting. Researchers did not examine how oxytocin could affect social judgements, but Theodoridou speculates that the hormone dampens brain activity in a region involved in processing fearful emotions, called the amygdala amygdala /amyg·da·la/ (ah-mig´dah-lah) 1. almond. 2. an almond-shaped structure. 3. corpus amygdaloideum. a·myg·da·la n. pl. . Although Theodoridou's study shows that oxytocin acts similarly on men and women when rating strangers, sex differences could emerge in real-world situations, says Jennifer Bartz, a psychologist at Mount Sinai Medical School in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . The study has been published in the journal Hormones and Behavior. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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