Beyond "oxytocin = good": Neural complexities and the flipside of social bonds

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1115-1118

  Van Anders, Sari M ^a   Goodson, James L ^b   Kingsbury, Marcy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; PHYSIOLOGY;

HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; OXYTOCIN;

EID: 84885957437     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-013-0134-9     Document Type: Review

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