Nasal spray makes men more sensitive

[IDemo]

Just a whiff of oxytocin may boost male empathy, study says

updated 2 hours, 49 minutes ago

It is a common experience for many men: A girlfriend or wife starts crying out of nowhere and suddenly the guys are being accused of being insensitive.

Women are whizzes at reading, and even predicting, emotion in others. And they often expect their partners to be, too. Scientists, however, have joined the men's side, saying such expectations are unreasonable for the male kind.

A nasal spray that works like a performance enhancer for empathy brain circuits could render the bickering unnecessary, a new study suggests.

Its key ingredient is oxytocin, a hormone known to promote social bonding. Men and women both have endogenous levels of oxytocin naturally created by the body — it likely helps them fall in love, spurs parenting instincts and makes orgasms, well, more orgasmic.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36877680/ns/health-behavior/

[Oregone]

1. Why is this such a breakthrough?

Pepper spray can also make men cry

[zappaman]

2. or OLD YELLER

that still makes me cry

[elehhhhna]

7. snarf. I call my husband that. Old yeller. GET ME THAT SPRAY! Stat!

[Ian David]

3. Put it in the smoke machine at parties! n/t

[seabeyond]

4. that is why it is a good thing to use words. even a guy can comprehend the words

given to him.

works well in our house.

[Duer 157099]

5. Betcha it also has an effect on autistics

or if it doesn't, that might be another clue.

Oxytocin is released during orgasm I think.

[IDemo]

6. Hopefully Rush will misread this

That wasn't very empathetic, was it?