Study suggests fatherless children develop less oxytocin
July 31st, 2009
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A research group in Canada has found that infant mice raised apart from their fathers grew up with less oxytocin in their brain’s and a consequent impaired ability be social and feel positive in the company of other mice. The study follows another which showed that fathers experience a huge surge of oxytocin after a child is born, leading some to believe that fathers play a crucial role in the development of their children.