ScienceDaily (Feb. 14, 2008) — Gazing into your lover’s eyes isn’t only romantic; it may also mimic early attachments that forever alter your brain and body. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine are studying whether the brain hormone released with touches, hugs, or when a mother and her newborn baby bond might help patients with schizophrenia, social anxiety and a variety of other disorders.
