Scientists Study "Trust In A Bottle"

[Dover]

The Associated Press
Updated: 2:56 p.m. ET June 1, 2005

LONDON - Trust in a bottle? It sounds like a marketer's fantasy, like the fabled fountain of youth or the wild claims of fad diets. Yet that's what Swiss and American scientists demonstrate in new experiments with a nasal spray containing the hormone oxytocin.

After a few squirts, human subjects were significantly more trusting and willing to invest money with no ironclad promise of a profit.

The researchers acknowledged their findings could be abused by con artists or even sleazy politicians who might sway an election, provided they could squirt enough voters on their way to the polls.

"Of course, this finding could be misused," said Ernst Fehr of the University of Zurich, the senior researcher in the study, which appears in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature. "I don't think we currently have such abuses. However, in the future it could happen."

Therapy for social phobias?
Other scientists say the new research raises important questions about oxytocin's potential as a therapy for conditions like autism or social phobias, in which trust is diminished. Or, perhaps the hormone's activity could be reduced to treat more rare diseases, like Williams' Syndrome, in which children have no inhibitions and approach strangers fearlessly...cont'd

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8059069/

I'll bet Bushco bought a whole shipload of the stuff to use on the sheeples.

[Nihil]

1. Can see this one happening for sure ...

... "Trust-Me" after-shave and perfume made by blending the above with
a standard male or female base scent ... the ideal thing for seduction,
sales/marketing and politicians everywhere!

Bugger ... can't even rely on my own nose now ...