[NetBehaviour] Scientists create 'trust potion'

[marc]

*Scientists create 'trust potion'*

A key hormone helps determine whether we will trust lovers, friends or 
business contacts, scientists claim.

Exposure to an oxytocin "potion" led people to be more trusting, tests 
by University of Zurich researchers found.

They report in the journal Nature that the finding could help people 
with conditions such as autism, where relating to others can be a problem.

But one expert warned it could be misused by politicians who want to 
persuade more people to back them.

Oxytocin is a molecule produced naturally in the hypothalamus area of 
the brain which regulates a variety of physiological processes, 
including emotion.

It also acts on other brain regions whose function is associated with 
emotional and social behaviours, such as the amygdala.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4599299.stm
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