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The love-hate hormone, ingroup/outgroup wars, and the power of culture

Posted on January 11, 2011 by David Dobbs · Leave a comment

Ed Yong, who among other things is an oxytocin-news watchdog of late, highlights yet another study showing that oxytocin, sometimes typecast as the “love hormone,” carries a dark side. In case, the study, by Carsten de Dreu at the University of Amsterdam, shows that oxytocin can increase a feeling of bias toward people who are […]

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