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Scientists Test 'Trust Hormone' For Autism Fight

A 3 minute audio segment from NPR on parents of autistic children experimenting with oxytocin nasal spray.
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Journalists on the Science of Sex, Mating and Evolution

Journalists Look at Sex, Mating and Evolution

monogamy?

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Marriage dreamsHuman behavior varies a lot. As compared with other primates, we're heavily influenced by culture, religion, family upbringing, and so forth. As a consequence, it's logical to conclude that our fitful monogamy is purely culturally induced and not instinctual. (On the other hand, we readily seem to accept that promiscuous tendencies are wired into our brains.) 

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