oxytocin in Podcasts
conceptA hormone involved in social bonding, recognition, and trust, released during close social contact.
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And oxytocin is what drives us to bind to others.
there's certainly there's a huge bonding element it's not accident that an orgasm we're flooded with oxytocin which is a bonding hormone you know and um if you look at securely attached folks they'll say oh well sex is fun and it's um it's about eroticism and it's about you know um
the neural circuits, meaning the brain areas and neurons and the hormones, things like oxytocin, which we'll talk about today, and the other chemicals in the brain and body that are responsible for the process we call social bonding are not unique to particular social bonds.