Think childhood trauma makes you a less capable parent? Science says otherwise. Your past may have shaped you into a more ...

Oxytocin receptor (Oxtr) signaling influences complex social behaviors in diverse species, including social monogamy in prairie voles. How Oxtr regulates specific components of social attachment ...

Oxytocin, often referred to as the "love hormone," has been touted for ages as the hormone that facilitates romance and attachment between parents and children. While this powerful ...

Research has shown that parents vary in their capacity for mind-mindedness, which in turn contributes to differences in how children develop language, understand and express their emotions, form ...

Men and women often have different expectations with casual sex, with men being effortlessly cool and staying only physical ...

Cats, like dogs and even human babies, can develop different kinds of emotional attachments to their owners, and these attachments have a noticeable impact on their lives, according to new research ...

Love happens in the brain, where hormonal releases and brain chemicals like dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin are released.

Let’s examine the biology of love for Valentine’s Day, particularly the neurochemistry of attraction, obsession, and ...