Hug the Monkey tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-132133 2010-03-05T14:31:00-08:00 how oxytocin, the hormone of love, lets us love and mate TypePad typepad/kuchinskas/hug_the_monkeyhttp://feedburner.google.com Autism an Imprinting Error? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451fea369e201310f6354f2970c 2010-03-05T14:31:00-08:00 2010-03-05T14:31:00-08:00 Do newborns imprint on the mother, just like baby ducklings attach themselves to the first thing they see, whether that's the mother duck or Konrad Lorenz? Could autism begin when the newborn fails to imprint? I was ready to dismiss... Susan Kuchinskas http://www.hugthemonkey.com/2010/03/autism-an-imprinting-error.html Monogamy the Intelligent Choice? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451fea369e20120a8f25679970b 2010-03-03T07:54:57-08:00 2010-03-03T07:54:57-08:00 Thanks to Solitaire Miles for sending me this item from the Telegraph. According to Satoshi Kanazawa of the London School of Economics and Political Science, intelligent men are more likely than the general population to remain faithful to their mates.... Susan Kuchinskas http://www.hugthemonkey.com/2010/03/monogamy-the-intelligent-choice.html Touch Lubricates Sports -- and every other interaction tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451fea369e201310f3057b8970c 2010-02-23T10:59:18-08:00 2010-02-23T10:59:18-08:00 Basketball teams that touch more do better. Susan Kuchinskas http://www.hugthemonkey.com/2010/02/touch-lubricates-sports-and-every-other-interaction.html Oxytocin for Chronic Headache? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451fea369e20120a8a7158e970b 2010-02-22T06:06:00-08:00 2010-02-22T06:06:00-08:00 with Jasvir Singh Oxytocin therapy may help patients with chronic headaches, which is 3 percent of the U.S. population. There is no current effective treatment, so this would be a real breakthrough. Trigemina Inc. is a start-up company that is... Susan Kuchinskas http://www.hugthemonkey.com/2010/02/oxytocin-for-chronic-headache.html Pipe Oxytocin Into the Senate Chamber? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451fea369e20120a8bf5155970b 2010-02-21T11:02:37-08:00 2010-02-21T11:02:37-08:00 A Washington Post reader has a great idea. Susan Kuchinskas http://www.hugthemonkey.com/2010/02/pipe-oxytocin-into-the-senate-chamber.html