You'll have to ask your doctor if this is good or bad for your social life. I don't have to worry about this.
Woman's Touch Zaps Man's Opioid System
A couple of paragraphs to tease you.Endogenous opioid release was diminished in men when they were softly stroked by their female partners, providing a clue to brain mechanisms involved in social relations, a researcher said here.
"[Social] touching deactivates the opioid system," he told attendees at the Society for Neuroscience's annual meeting. Although it may seem paradoxical, it actually confirms earlier studies that had found an inverse relationship between endogenous opioid activity and social success, Tuominen said.
For example, one recent study found deactivation of the opioid system was associated with social acceptance, while others showed increases in opioid activity in the context of social rejection.
The current study, Tuominen said, "may help to understand the complex relationship between psychiatric disorder and problems in social life."
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