Dr. Tara Swart

She can't find enough food for herself and then without help. And so let's extrapolate this. How does this help humans?

I think it depends on the vole.

I think it depends on the vole.

Hang on, there is an answer to that. Okay. We test it through levels of oxytocin and vasopressin.

Hang on, there is an answer to that. Okay. We test it through levels of oxytocin and vasopressin.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And actually, just to be serious, the research has done more to help with loneliness, grief, and heartbreak, but obviously it's got implications for dating.

And actually, just to be serious, the research has done more to help with loneliness, grief, and heartbreak, but obviously it's got implications for dating.

So, because one of the things that we saw with the receptors in the brain is that if If I'm in, no, it's got to be the other way around. If you're in love with me, you've got more vasopressin receptors in your nucleus accumbens, which is on the reward circuitry. And then every time you see me, you get a reward.

So, because one of the things that we saw with the receptors in the brain is that if If I'm in, no, it's got to be the other way around. If you're in love with me, you've got more vasopressin receptors in your nucleus accumbens, which is on the reward circuitry. And then every time you see me, you get a reward.

And the longer that we've been dating and stay together and become closer, that reward becomes more intense every time you see me. However, if we then had a prolonged separation, time can down-regulate the effect of those receptors. So obviously there are implications for that in a breakup or grief, right? Right.

And the longer that we've been dating and stay together and become closer, that reward becomes more intense every time you see me. However, if we then had a prolonged separation, time can down-regulate the effect of those receptors. So obviously there are implications for that in a breakup or grief, right? Right.

But one of the things I think is so, so important for dating is that if a couple are getting to know each other, and this is all on heterosexual couples in research, then as a woman is sexually interested and liking the guy and enjoying the dating, her oxytocin levels is like slowly, slowly starting to go up.

But one of the things I think is so, so important for dating is that if a couple are getting to know each other, and this is all on heterosexual couples in research, then as a woman is sexually interested and liking the guy and enjoying the dating, her oxytocin levels is like slowly, slowly starting to go up.

When they start actually having sex, she's gonna be releasing higher levels of oxytocin every time she orgasms, and that's gonna make her bond to the guy much more. If you have sex on the first date, The guy's vasopressin levels will plummet straight away and all he'll be interested in is testosterone. If you make him wait, his vasopressin and oxytocin levels go up.

When they start actually having sex, she's gonna be releasing higher levels of oxytocin every time she orgasms, and that's gonna make her bond to the guy much more. If you have sex on the first date, The guy's vasopressin levels will plummet straight away and all he'll be interested in is testosterone. If you make him wait, his vasopressin and oxytocin levels go up.

And then when you do actually have sex, he's already bonded. So it's more likely to become part of a loving relationship.

And then when you do actually have sex, he's already bonded. So it's more likely to become part of a loving relationship.

Because the vasopressin levels drop as soon as he has sex.