'Love hormone' improves attachment issues in people with autism

(KU Leuven) Oxytocin, often dubbed the 'love hormone', is known to promote social bonding. Researchers at KU Leuven have now discovered that administering oxytocin to adult men with autism makes them more open to close emotional bonds with others. The hormone has positive long-term effects as well. The researchers published their findings in the journals Molecular Autism and Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news