“I will not trust anyone or anything ever again.” That stark admission should cause us to pause. Afterall, without trust, societies disintegrate, communities fall apart, and personal relationships are ...

In a rapidly evolving world, an acute intuitive sense can be a game-changer. This isn’t merely about forecasting trends but harnessing intuition to enhance decision-making, innovation, and creativity.

When I told my husband I wanted to clean up the trash that littered the bushes near the local train station, he looked at me with a funny face. He confessed, “Um, people might confuse you with one of ...

In the study, "Intranasal Oxytocin and Physical Intimacy for Dermatological Wound Healing and Neuroendocrine Stress," published in JAMA Psychiatry, researchers conducted a double-blind, randomized, ...

A long-shared history links humans and dogs, a relationship that began more than 15,000 years ago when early wolves sought food and shelter near human settlements and gradually adapted to life ...

Empathy was once considered too soft and squishy for the world of work, but decades of research have shattered that myth. Empathy includes three pieces: sharing others’ experiences, trying to ...

Sex, or even just intimate touch, could help speed up wound healing – but perhaps only if combined with a nasal oxytocin spray. Often called the “love hormone” or “cuddle chemical”, oxytocin ...

A new UC Berkeley study finds that the so-called love hormone, oxytocin, is also critical for the formation of friendships. Oxytocin is released in the brain during sex, childbirth, breastfeeding, and ...

But why is that? What is it about our relationships that make them so central to our lives? According to neuroscientist Ben Rein’s new book, Why Brains Need Friends, it comes down to our brains. As he ...