"Oxytocin's function in humans, many science writers assert, is to bond people to each other só they are better able to survive. Oxytocin also allows people to see the relationships between things and between people more clearly. David J. Linden reports that nasal oxytocin sprays that were designed to help new mothers release milk for lactation — the brand is called Liquid Trust — have been put to other uses. Those who inhaled the spray became more trusting of strangers, even after they had been betrayed in a game. They were more willing to take greater social risks. They were also more likely to see " the connections between things," meaning, in this case, they were better able to infer others' emotional states. In a famous experiment, oxytocin helped subjects correctly intuit another person's emotional state — when the subjects were given photos of human faces in which only the eyes were visible. "
Naomi Wolf, Vagina
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