Oxytocin Improves Human Ability To Recognize Faces

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	Oxytocin Improves Human Ability To Recognize Faces

RayWatkins

1-22-2009 11:48 AM

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Article adapted by Medical News Today from original press release.
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The research was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Swiss Federal Institute of Sports, and the University of Zurich.

The Journal of Neuroscience is published by the Society for Neuroscience, an organization of more than 38,000 basic scientists and clinicians who study the brain and nervous system.

Source: Todd Bentsen
Society for Neuroscience

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