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My big fat geek wedding: Tears, joy and oxytocin (New Scientist, 10 February 2010)

10 Feb 2010


In a lighthearted editorial in New Scientist, a pilot 'real-life' experiment looks at how levels of the hormone oxytocin change in the bride, groom and guests at a wedding, and postulates that it may have further behavioural effects by promoting the emotion of empathy.

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