Hormone can help read minds: Study

Scientists call it the love hormone. Now, researchers from the University of Zurich in Switzerland have found that the hormone oxytocin can improve the ability to interpret what is going on in another8217;s mind by reading information from their eyes.

According to a study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, 30 men were asked to guess the mental states of others after receiving a nasal dose of oxytocin. The men did much better after using oxytocin than when a placebo dose was used, Oxytocin is a brain chemical that supports social behaviour.

Researchers suspect it may play a role in autism, in which people have difficulty understanding social cues.