Oxytocin promotes human ethnocentrism

[Swede]

Hmmmm. I won't rush to judgement on this one.:shrug:


Now, Carsten de Dreu from the University of Amsterdam has found that sniffs of oxytocin make us more biased towards peers from our own ethnic or cultural group, versus those from other groups. Bartz commends the new study, saying, "Along with other recent reports, suggests that although oxytocin clearly plays a role in prosociality and empathy, the way it does this is more nuanced than previously thought. This is not entirely surprising given the complexity of human relations."

http://io9.com/5733153/no-love-for-outsiders--oxytocin-makes-us-favor-our-own-ethnic-or-cultural-groups


more at link:
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/01/06/1015316108

[davidinalameda]

1. you said rush

:rofl:

[DCKit]

2. Oxytocin - The Peace on Earth Drug? nt

[bluerum]

3. Oxytocin. Not oxycontin.

[Kurovski]

4. Many will love the photo of the fuzzy widdle ducklings,

I'm going out on a limb, a very weak bough, but that's a Point well made on a crazy-assed stretch. :rofl:

[zazen]

5. If you've ever seen Meerkat Manor, this rings true! n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Oxytocin is not the same as oxycontin.

It is a hormone, not a painkiller - a completely unrelated substance.