Oxytocin promotes social behaviors and helps maintain relationships. But clinical trials in patients with autism show variability in how consistently oxytocin improves these behaviors. Steve Chang, ...

Readers can rebalance their brain chemistry by maximizing the production of chemicals that today’s sedentary and tech-based lifestyles have suppressed, according to this sensible debut guide.

1. Avoid negative comparisons to enjoy more serotonin. Summertime tempts you to compare your body to others and focus on your shortcomings. It helps to know that social comparison is a natural ...

The autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) could help you access an altered sense of consciousness, research suggests. Oxytocin, colloquially known as the love hormone, is largely responsible for ...

Supportive marital relationships are associated with lower BMI, fewer food addiction symptoms, higher oxytocin, stronger ...

Being in a happy, high-quality marriage may help prevent obesity by influencing the connection between the brain and the gut. A world-first study on how social bonds influence weight and eating ...

A spritz of the so-called “love hormone” might be the key to easing persistent feelings of loneliness. In a 2014 study, a team of European and Israeli researchers tested whether oxytocin, the hormone ...

Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD Key Takeaways Love makes your brain release chemicals that make you feel happy and excited.Different parts of your brain are involved in feeling love, attraction, ...