Item: The effects of oxytocin on the brain.
In a risky investment game, experimental subjects given nasally administered oxytocin displayed “the highest level of trust” twice as often as the control group. Subjects who were told that they were interacting with a computer showed no such reaction, leading to the conclusion that oxytocin was not merely affecting risk-aversion (Kosfeld 2005).
Apparently this is not only a standard experimental technique, but the interpretation of the results is also widely accepted.
Prof Emo only lets “friends” comment on his truly amazing blog!
You guys should just take oxytocin together and get it over with, geez. Unless you think Dan’s a robot, in which case it won’t work (apparently).
I don’t think Dan’s a robot, but I think Dan thinks Dan wishes Dan was a robot.
What drugs haven’t DannyJoe and I done together? What bodily fluids have we not exchanged? What passionate words of undying disgust have not been whispered back and forth in the wee hours?
We’re cha-a-a-ained, we’re cha-a-ained, we’re cha-a-a-ained, we’re cha-a-aiiined…
Oo! Said the man to the lady
oooOoooOooo
Oo! Said the lady to the man
she adored
and the whores like a choir
Hu hu! all night!
and mary aintcha tired?
But this, hu! is the sound
that the mother makes
when the baby breaks
we’re cha-a-ained
I’ll admit it. I loled.