If you hug someone for seven seconds, it gives you a chemical drop in your brain. — Walt Dohrn Copy Share Image
“You need to be careful about being overweight as a man, as excessive fat produces the female hormone estrogen.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“Kung healing elements ang endorphin, serotonin at dopamine, lason naman sa ating katawan ang toxic emotions.” — Gerardo V. Cabochan Copy Share Image
Q: What's the difference between an enzyme and a hormone? A: You can't hear an enzyme. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
There was something about Ash that made every hormone in her body stand up and pant for more — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Oxytocin is the hormone of love. We share it when we have a good conversation, we share it when we make love,… — Robin Lim Copy Share Image
When you massage someone, the levels of oxytocin go up in the brain, and oxytocin is one of the chemicals that drives… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
“Infuse oxytocin into the brain of a virgin rat, and she’ll act maternally—retrieving, grooming, and licking pups. Block the actions of oxytocin… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“Infuse oxytocin into the brain of a virgin rat, and she’ll act maternally—retrieving, grooming, and licking pups. Block the actions of oxytocin… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“In neuroscience, our textbook showed how the brain scans of people newly in love look a lot like the brain scans of… — Daria Snadowsky Copy Share Image
“hormone given to you in pregnancy, one that is designed to keep you from yelling at your children because you are so… — Rachel Devenish Ford Copy Share Image
“When we make a positive social connection, the pleasure-inducing hormone oxytocin is released into our bloodstream, immediately reducing anxiety and improving concentration… — Shawn Achor Copy Share Image
“Norepinephrine and dopamine typically underpin “romantic love,” endorphins and oxytocin link mother to child and friend to friend, anandamide and serotonin deepen… — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
It is important to understand that while oxytocin may be the hub of the evolution of the social brain in mammals, it… — Patricia Churchland Copy Share Image
“Winning the love of a higher-status person is a widespread strategy for stimulating serotonin. Of course, we don’t consciously equate love with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“love: a chemical history. ...The second stage, attraction, is governed by dopamine and serotonin. When, for example, couples report feeling indescribably happy… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“there are studies showing that one oxytocin receptor gene variant is associated with extreme aggression in kids, as well as a callous,… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“One’s desire to be alone, biologists have found, is partially genetic and to some degree measurable. If you have low levels of… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“Thus, oxytocin and vasopressin facilitate bonding between parent and child and between couples.fn10 Now for something truly charming that evolution has cooked… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“In search for love, where love is some Oxytocin,seeking happiness related to Orexin. Sensations of glory, motivation and success, They are all… — Omar EL KADMIRI Copy Share Image
“Oxytocin, a hormone and neuropeptide ... plays a major role in attachment processes and serves several purposes: It causes women to go… — Amir Levine Copy Share Image
Male love circuits get an extra kick when stress levels are high. After an intense physical challenge, for instance, males will bond… — Louann Brizendine Copy Share Image
“For starters, circulating oxytocin levels are elevated in couples when they’ve first hooked up. Furthermore, the higher the levels, the more physical… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“New lovers tend to “lose their minds” and do all sorts of crazy things in the heat of the moment. One study… — David Rock Copy Share Image
“Obviously, oxytocin and vasopressin are the grooviest hormones in the universe. Pour them into the water supply, and people will be more… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Hugging for 20 seconds releases oxytocin, which can cause you to trust someone more — Ritzy Copy Share Image
More of us may be affected by variant hormone levels than we realize. — Mary Lou Jepsen Copy Share Image
When I was put on the hormone testosterone, it made me gain 40 pounds. I was almost 170, which is very heavy… — Shanna Moakler Copy Share Image
Oxytocin connects us to other people; oxytocin makes us feel what other people feel. And it's easy to cause people's brains to… — Paul J. Zak Copy Share Image
Give lab rats oxytocin and, according to that meme, they get better at talking about their feelings and sing like Joan Baez. — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Oxytocin is lauded for how it promotes warmth, generosity, social bonding, cooperation, trust, and compassion. — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“Kissing releases dopamine, oxytocin, and serotonin—hormones and neurotransmitters that make you feel motivated, aroused, connected, and content,” — Daphne Nur Oz Copy Share Image
Menopause is your return to where you were before, when your hormone levels are the same as a pre-adolescent girl's. — Sandra Tsing Loh Copy Share Image
“One of the strangest experiences I had in life was watching my professional astronomy girlfriend turn into a lesbian.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image