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The author at Financial Rounds in a related article titled Oxytocin and Trust (via Econolog) writes:
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Eli writes:
Financial advisors will light oxytocin-scented candles when clients visit their offices? Posted June 2, 2005 8:08 AM
Scott McMullen writes:
Oxytoxin will be applied in casino environments. Oxytoxin at the blackjack table, roulette, and other dealer-hosted events. Posted June 2, 2005 10:22 AM
pj writes:
College kids will wear oxytocin perfumes on their first dates. Posted June 2, 2005 12:04 PM
Ernest Miller writes:
They've probably already started using it in Guantanamo Bay this morning. Either that, or a shipment is on the way. Posted June 2, 2005 1:04 PM
Brad Hutchings writes:
Nano-scale dispensers will be added to our curency so that the rabid atheist crowd stops complaining about "In God we Trust". I don't trust their method though. Shouldn't they have had a control group that just had sex or breastfed? Posted June 2, 2005 2:08 PM
Robert Schwartz writes:
Oxytocin is a very powerful hormone that directly affects several systems. For example, it induces labor in pregnant women. It may make a difference in psychology experiments, but its more powerful effect on other body systems rules it out as a useful drug for general purposes. Posted June 2, 2005 4:41 PM
Robert Schwartz writes:
Did they try a couple of glasses of wine as a control? I'll bet if they did they would find no difference. Posted June 2, 2005 4:44 PM
Robert Schwartz writes:
I am also disinclined to accept these penny ante games as proof of a real phenomenon. I doubt the subjects ever take them seriously enough. I am willing to wager that the subjects would behave differently if they were betting their entire bankroll. Tends to focus the mind, you know. Posted June 2, 2005 4:47 PM
aaron writes:
I don't know about practical applications (the hormone is probably only useful for research). The headline should be "Sex Builds Trust". Posted June 3, 2005 9:09 AM
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