Hormone Improves Human Ability To Recognize Faces But Not Places
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 19:21
in Psychology & Sociology
Oxytocin, a hormone involved in child-birth and breast-feeding, helps people recognize familiar faces, according to new research in 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.