Hormone important in recognising familiar faces
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - 09:56
in Mathematics & Economics
Oxytocin, a hormone involved in child-birth and breast-feeding, helps people recognise familiar faces, according to new research in the 7 January issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Study participants who had one dose of an oxytocin nasal spray showed improved recognition memory for faces, but not for inanimate objects...