Oxytocin and Social Norms Reduce Xenophobia Summary: Researchers report social norms together with increasing oxytocin can counter xenophobia by enhancing altruistic behaviors. Source: University of Bonn. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn increased altruistic behavior, even in those with a fear of foreigners. We tend to be more altruistic to our own family and friendsContinue reading “Oxytocin and Social Norms Reduce Xenophobia”
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Isabel Allende: Tales of passion
As a novelist and memoirist, Isabel Allende writes of passionate lives, including her own. Born into a Chilean family with political ties, she went into exile in the United States in the 1970s — an event that, she believes, created her as a writer. Her voice blends sweeping narrative with touches of magical realism;Continue reading “Isabel Allende: Tales of passion”