http://www.sciencentral.com/video/2009/03/05/cuddle-hormone/
I found the above article while researching the hormone oxytocin after learning about it in class. A new study shows that participants who inhaled oxytocin were better able to remember faces a day later than participants who inhaled a placebo. However, those who received oxytocin were no better at remembering inanimate objects, like a house. By being able to better understand the effects of oxytocin on a basic level, it may help to understand more complex situations.
The article also mentions that oxytocin levels vary among people, which may be the reason some people are better able to recognize faces. Personally, I am not wonderful at remembering faces. It usually takes me a few times meeting a person before I am able to recognize them outside of that situation. Sadly, it took almost an entire semester for me to realize I had a classmate in two separate classes, a MWF class and a T/TH class, meaning I saw them everyday. There may be many reasons why I did not recognize that person, one being that in the classes the other person sat behind me so I did not see them throughout the class. But another reason may be that I might have lower oxytocin levels. How are you with remembering/ recognizing faces?
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