If cupid had studied neuroscience, he’d know to aim his arrows at the brain rather than the heart. Recent research suggests that for love to last, it’s best he dip those arrows in oxytocin. Although ...

You may want to branch out from dinner-and-a-movie. According to a new study, a different type of date night can bring couples closer together. The research, which was recently published in the ...

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, inviting us to think about what’s at the heart of our romantic relationships. Is there some sort of “glue” that binds us together with other people? The ...

A spritz of the so-called “love hormone” might be the key to easing persistent feelings of loneliness. In a 2014 study, a team of European and Israeli researchers tested whether oxytocin, the hormone ...

UC Berkeley researchers have discovered that oxytocin — a hormone associated with maternal nurturing, social attachments, childbirth and sex — is indispensable for healthy muscle maintenance and ...

It’s been called the cuddle hormone, the holiday hormone, the moral molecule, and more—but new research suggests that oxytocin needs some new nicknames. Like maybe the conformity hormone, or perhaps ...

Clinical trials are testing whether oxytocin, sometimes called the 'love hormone' for its role in intimacy and social bonding, has potential as a treatment for anxiety, depression and post-traumatic ...

Injections of the love hormone oxytocin have made wild seals friendlier toward one another, making them want to spend more time together and display far less aggressive behavior, which would normally ...

The neuropeptide oxytocin, commonly known as the "love hormone," which has been found to have potential benefit in a number of psychiatric disorders, may also be useful in the treatment of anorexia ...

The hormone oxytocin could play a role in treating psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, according to new research. The hormone oxytocin could play a role in treating psychiatric ...