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Oxytocin produces more engaged fathers and more responsive infants
December 10, 2012 by NewsBot
A large body of research has focused on the ability of oxytocin to facilitate social bonding in both marital and parenting relationships in human females. A new laboratory study has found that oxytocin administration to fathers increases their parental engagement, with parallel effects observed in their infants.