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'Love hormone' oxytocin enhances men's memories of mom - good or bad (TIME magazine, 29 November 2010)

30 Nov 2010


A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences casts doubt upon the theory that a dose of the hormone oxytocin simply causes friendly or prosocial feelings, suggesting several alternatives for its role in human behaviour.

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