Rather than a vaccine to beef up your immune system, a psychoactive substance could boost your cooperative, pro-social behavior – curtailing the selfish actions that spur on coronavirus's spread.
The study investigated what role oxytocin had in memory.
De Visu/ Shutterstock
Richard Mattson, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Will your marriage be better if you and your partner are genetically compatible? Is there any evidence that certain genes make someone a better or worse partner? And if so, which genes should we test?
Fred Rogers at a taping of his famous show on June 28, 1989.
Gene J. Puskar/AP File
As the documentary about 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' hits theaters, it's worth noting that Rogers' emphasis on kindness and love is proving to be very important to good health.
Early life trauma can affect our hormone systems for the rest of our lives.
from www.shutterstock.com
Increasing autistic children's levels of vasopressin, a hormone that regulates social behaviour, could help treat the social deficits common to autism, research suggests.
Like alcohol, oxytocin can make certain people aggressive.
Shutterstock
Adrian Jaeggi, University of California Santa Barbara and Ben Trumble, University of California Santa Barbara
Levels of a male sex hormone known to influence aggression and a "love" hormone that promotes bonding both rise in traditional hunters headed home after the kill. What's going on?
What if we had a pill that nullified some of the negative effects of alcohol and helped alcoholics drink less?
David Goehring/Flickr
There’s this gene that about half of all people carry. It’s a pretty nasty gene – it massively increases the risk of the carrier being a murderer or a murder victim, going to jail or dying in an accident…
Sending an SMS might be easy, but catching up in person feels better.
Jhaymesiviphotography
Things have changed. Much of the time we used to spend chatting with friends or strangers in person is now spent tweeting, texting or updating our Facebook status. Although technology allows us to rapidly…