Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.orgM to Science@beehaw.org · 2 years agoA white supremacist took MDMA for a study, and it snapped him out of his beliefs: 'Why am I doing this?'www.insider.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down10
arrow-up1230arrow-down1external-linkA white supremacist took MDMA for a study, and it snapped him out of his beliefs: 'Why am I doing this?'www.insider.comGaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.orgM to Science@beehaw.org · 2 years agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareDr Cog@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoNeuroscientist here. Neuropeptides always have dozens of different uses, and oxytocin is no exception. The idea that it is a “love hormone” is a simplification for the lay person.
minus-squaresmellythief@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoDo you have specific knowledge that oxytocin actually does this though?
minus-squareDr Cog@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoSure, here’s a review article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018506X11002868
Neuroscientist here. Neuropeptides always have dozens of different uses, and oxytocin is no exception. The idea that it is a “love hormone” is a simplification for the lay person.
Do you have specific knowledge that oxytocin actually does this though?
Sure, here’s a review article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018506X11002868