Animal studies have shown that under physiologic stress oxytocin is released in both brain and body. Oxytocin is classically associated with uterine contractions and milk-letdown for nursing. It is made of only nine amino acids and is fragile. It is a small peptide synthesized in the hypothalamus of mammal brains. Oxytocin is an astonishingly interesting molecule. Perhaps most surprising, we found that in humans, this “you seem trustworthy” signal occurs even between strangers without face-to-face interactions. 1 2 3 We found that the human oxytocin response was similar to that found in social rodents, 4 signaling that another person (or rodent) is safe and familiar. My lab was the first to discover that the neurochemical oxytocin is synthesized in the human brain when one is trusted and that the molecule motivates reciprocation. I soon realized I had stumbled on a potentially useful way to extend my studies of the social brain.
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I experienced heartache as the movie ended, but then it was only a story.Īs a neuroscientist, I knew that movies changed our brain activity in some way, but how? And yet the story was so engaging that it caused my brain to react as if I were a character in the movie, as if one of my own daughters were the one suffering. I was cognitively intact, aware of my surroundings and who I was. Everyone around could hear me but I could not suppress my sadness.Īfter I recovered, I began to wonder what had happened to me.
Well, not really crying, more like heaving big sloppy sobs out of my eyes and nose and mouth. When the movie was over, the man next to me said, “Sir, is there something I can do to help you?” I was crying. The narrative is circumscribed by a father-daughter story and concludes with an agonizing act. It is a wonderful film, and I became deeply absorbed in it. I hadn’t seen it, but I figured a Clint Eastwood–directed film that had won the Oscar for Best Picture would be a deserved break for a hard week. Tired and unable to bang on my laptop in the turbulence at 40,000 feet, I decided to watch Million Dollar Baby. During a night flight home to California after five days in Washington, D.C., I discovered that I am the last person you would want sitting next to you on a plane.
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