Oxytocin

Any tools for increasing Oxytocin

  • touch - Massage

  • hugs

  • sex

  • Pet a dog - have a pet like a dog to touch

  • Listening to soothing music

  • Deep breathing

  • empathic listening

  • Give a gift.

  • Share a meal.

  • Meditate while focusing on others.

  • Soak in a hot tub.

  • Use the "L" word.

Expert in this field is Paul Zak

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Oxytocin spray boosts social skills in children with autism

BY JESSICA WRIGHT

10 JULY 2017

"Treatment with the hormone oxytocin improves social skills in some children with autism, suggest results from a small clinical trial. The results appeared today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."