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Oxytocin is the germ of fidelity

According to research from the University of Bonn (Germany), men involved in a stable relationship feel more satisfied with their partners after having inhaled a dose of oxytocin, the “love hormone”. This reaction would be linked to the reward systems of the brain, which trigger a feeling of gratification when faced with certain stimuli and which also intervene in drug addiction.Oxytocin is a hormone linked to sexual and parenting patterns

Hormones, that's how they control your life

In her book Essentials in the Endocrine and Reproductive System, Madeleine Debuse defines them as "chemicals produced by the body that control numerous bodily functions." A description that shows how much hormones can cover. In the words of the researcher Luis Miguel García, from the Cajal Institute of the CSIC, in Madrid, they are “chemical substances that, moving through the blood, communicate the cells of one organ with those of another”.

Today's kids run less

According to a study presented by the American Heart Association (AHA), today's children run slower and shorter distances than their parents at the same age, reflecting a sustained decline in physical health over the past 30 years .

Playing the guitar makes you more attractive

This is how Sigal Tifferet and his collaborators found it when they did an experiment on Facebook. The study, published in Letters on Evolutionary Behavioral Science in 2012, tried to support the idea put forward by GF Miller (2000) that there is a possibility that the musicality of the human being is the result of natural selection through sexual selection .

Eating fried foods increases the risk of prostate cancer

Eating fried potatoes, chicken or fish in batter and other deep-fried foods at least once a week is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, in addition to predisposing to a more aggressive course of the disease, researchers have just shown from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Do interruptions make us change our mind?

Imagine that you are sitting in front of your computer buying a ticket to go on a trip to a destination in Europe when, suddenly, the phone rings. After answering the call, when you resume the purchase, your choice will most likely change. This is the conclusion that Wendy Liu and her colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles have reached after examining the effects of interruptions on decision-making. His work is of special interest considering that, in today's world, suffering constant interruptions is the order of the day.

What makes the skin of a young person different from aging skin?

The many "dreaded" wrinkles are due to a structural deterioration of the skin. Specifically, what is damaged over the years is the collagen of the dermis, that is, the thickest and firmer layer of the skin that is under the thin epidermis. In young skin, collagen is firm, elastic and abundant, "like a new mattress."

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