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How the love hormone Oxytocin works
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[QUOTE="newjerseyrunner, post: 6192046, member: 553315"] Yeah, it's just a chemical that controls the way your brain thinks. It's related to feelings of love, but it's just a warm happy feeling, similar to dopamine and serotonin and all the other chemicals that make up the soup that you call "love." The affect on the brain is pretty much the same as heroine. There is nothing spooky about it, it's just the way we evolved. At some point in the past, a genetic mutation caused the creation of these chemicals, which happened to increase out bonds between each other. This was a benefit, so those who had this gene survived and those who didn't died out. Humans aren't even the only creatures to use this chemical to strengthen bonds. Dogs brains also release oxytocin when they're around those they love. [/QUOTE]
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