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In a recent study at Claremont Graduate University, oxytocin was administered to participants who were then offered an opportunity to divide a sum of money with a total stranger-who could then accept or reject the split. The results were overwhelming: Those given oxytocin offered 80% more money than those given placebo oxytocin. Researchers determined that oxytocin increased empathy, which increased altruism which increased generosity among strangers. "Oxytocin specifically and powerfully affected generosity with real money when participants had to consider another's feelings," said researcher Paul Zak. "This result confirms our earlier work showing that oxytocin increases trust and generosity." Zak found oxytocin's effect on generosity to be three fold. In another study Zak demonstrated the relationship between oxytocin and trust, making a clear case that oxytocin causes a shift in our chemistry--the more we trust one another and cooperate, the more we all benefit.

In another experiment playing the Ultimatum Game, oxytocin spray increased generosity by 80%. A study published in Nature found that oxytocin increased trustfulness in people playing an investment game. Published in Biological Psychiatry the study found that oxytocin hormone made us better at perceiving others emotions.
Touching, oxytocin, generosity
A team of UCLA researchers found that touching people triggered oxytocin release. Volunteers were massaged or asked to wait in a room for 15 minutes. They were then asked to play a money-giving game via computer. The massaged group returned thirty eight percent of the money that was given to them, compared to eleven percent for those who were not massaged. The researchers also drew blood after the experiment to see what their oxytocin levels was. There was an increase in oxytocin the massaged group. By the way, women produced more oxytocin and returned more money after being massaged. Buy Oxytocin here
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