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“They say that if you hug a person for at least twenty seconds you both release the calming and friendship-making hormone oxytocin.”

— Christine DeSmet

“Oxytocin, a hormone and neuropeptide ... plays a major role in attachment processes and serves several purposes: It causes women to go into labor,…

— Amir Levine

“When we make a positive social connection, the pleasure-inducing hormone oxytocin is released into our bloodstream, immediately reducing anxiety and improving concentration and focus.”

— Shawn Achor

“The most touching photo was of a dog strapped to the chest of a soldier parachuting out of an airplane at thirty thousand feet,…

— Gregory Berns

Dogs and humans are symbiotic species. We need each other.

— Cynthia Heimel

In fact if you're a mother or a father, you're filled with oxytocin when you have a child. It makes you love the baby,…

— Tony Robbins

Showing kindness causes oxytocin release in the recipient that motives him or her to be kind to others. You can start this virtuous cycle…

— Paul J. Zak

Oxytocin is the hormone of love. We share it when we have a good conversation, we share it when we make love, and when…

— Robin Lim

“Thus, oxytocin and vasopressin facilitate bonding between parent and child and between couples.fn10 Now for something truly charming that evolution has cooked up recently.…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

When you massage someone, the levels of oxytocin go up in the brain, and oxytocin is one of the chemicals that drives attachment.

— Helen Fisher

“For starters, circulating oxytocin levels are elevated in couples when they’ve first hooked up. Furthermore, the higher the levels, the more physical affection, the…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Infuse oxytocin into the brain of a virgin rat, and she’ll act maternally—retrieving, grooming, and licking pups. Block the actions of oxytocin in a…

— Robert M. Sapolsky