Men can be more Sensitive with Oxytocin

As reported in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers from the University of Bonn have succeeded in developing a hormone spray that can make men become more sensitive as well as the women.

The secret is in the oxytocin hormone which is the key ingredient in the spray. In the research, this hormone is sprayed into the nose of 24 men who. The man is then shown some pictures that can promote compassion, like a child who was crying, girls hugging cats, and men who are grieving.

The reaction of these men was then compared with men who do not get the spray of the hormone. The results show that empathy shown by those men who have been sprayed with the oxytocin hormone was higher and in few cases can be as high as it is usually indicated by the women.

Oxytocin is a type of hormone that is released by the body to trigger labor in pregnant women and also help bond between mom and her baby. Oxytocin is also called the hormone of love because it was released during orgasm.