The study also showed that oxytocin has a stronger spiritual effect on people with a particular variant of the CD38 gene, which regulates the release of oxytocin from hypothalamic neurons in the brain.
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By Antonia Blumberg | September 23, 2016
“Oxytocin appears to be part of the way our bodies support spiritual beliefs.”
The same hormone that helps mothers bond with their newborns may also enhance feelings of spirituality, a new study suggests.
It’s been called the “love hormone” and the “cuddle chemical,” but doctors and scientists know it as oxytocin, a hormone secreted by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland during times of love and bonding.
A recent study spearheaded by Duke University social psychologist Patty Van Cappellen found that participants who received doses of oxytocin reported a greater sense of spirituality than those who received a placebo.
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