I hug my dog 8 times a day. I love my poochie and my poochie loves me. I'm glad that she can make oxytocin too. Life is good.
@Rarae192
13 жыл бұрын
Having a laugh with someone whilst standing in a queue, whose name you don't even know, or see the exhilarated look of surprise and appreciation on a stranger's face when you go out of your way to help them with something, is a great feeling. It is like a drug effect.
@suicune2001
Жыл бұрын
This is so fascinating!! Back when TED used to be amazing to watch.
@scottfranson4215
2 жыл бұрын
Paul Zak , I just sent this to everybody I love and to the World. About Prayer, That was so cool. 307,950 views •
@sritanshu
8 жыл бұрын
John Oliver had some things to say about this talk
@phillypb4165
8 жыл бұрын
Such a good segment. Demonstrates the importance of thinking critically.
@madvulcan8964
8 жыл бұрын
+Sritanshu Sinha Too much pseudoscience in this but when he got to the hugging part I could't stop thinking; that's The Care bears!!! ~:D~
@RobPaterson
7 жыл бұрын
Yes, he did, he said another source (a research paper from the journal Biological Psychiatry) views Zak's research "with skepticism". Nobody has proven Zak wrong, they just don't agree. And scientists don't agree about a lot of things. Zak might be completely full of it, but just because he has critics doesn't automatically make him wrong until the science is proven one way or the other. Which, by the looks of things, hasn't happened yet.
@guymine1233
7 жыл бұрын
Doint call yourself Dr love that's what a Dr who ejaculates on his sudated patients is called- John oliver
@TamaraKeyser
10 жыл бұрын
Massage, Dancing and Praying- Yes!
@luciatilyard2827
9 жыл бұрын
Mr Zac, that was incredibly interesting and makes so much sense of things that I've wondered about! I saw something on telly (a few years ago-English) where they measured the levels of oxytocin produced during a wedding, and I'm rather guessing that was the wedding you were talking about.
@PenelopeRyder
9 жыл бұрын
Thank You
@esca8652
13 жыл бұрын
I love this video. Everything just makes sense. It is so true that when you are feeling ramped up on testosterone, your emotional connection with others is down. I find it interesting that testosterone and oxytocin are opposite (in effect) to each other.
@GirlSocks
13 жыл бұрын
I've actually been very interested in morality as of late because it came up in a debate with a very nice Christian, and I was unable to explain morality at that time. Now I have an answer for both myself and others regarding the reason we are moral, as well as a new line of research to follow!
@shango02005
13 жыл бұрын
Excellent! This is a real breakthrough! I wonder what effect music has on this...
@richvanevery3
11 жыл бұрын
YES> Love this guy and his work. Met him yesterday. A kind and connected soul... Hugs are the future... RVE
@Sardonac
13 жыл бұрын
@delatroy You miss the point completely. He's argument was that the capacity to produce oxytocin is a human faculty, but that the faculty can be inhibited by various factors (chemical, psychological, etc.). His aim is not to paint it as being a niche-specific factor in contributing to empathy and trust, but as a prima facie heuristic for gauging empathic social interaction.
@Skeluz
13 жыл бұрын
I love it when I understand what the top comments actually are saying when I've seen the whole Ted Talk.
@Mgopro
13 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad they lowered the intro volume!
@brunocdalmeida
10 ай бұрын
Woow!! I came here from Método CIS by Paulo Vieira from Febracis. Amazing how great is to produce confidence through people to build a better world. OGA! (The Giant Awake - O Gigante Acordou!)
@AlphaNumeric123
11 жыл бұрын
Thank you! This eviscerates anything sacred or pure about a notion of higher truth. I don't disagree with research (in fact, I myself am part of oxytocin research and aging) but I at least someone recognizes the gravity of this
@xeptix
13 жыл бұрын
@Mgopro omg they did. I didn't notice because I'm so used to skipping past it. FINALLY
@gulyamus
Жыл бұрын
обожаю обнимашки!!)) видимо мой окситоцин на высоком уровне)) есть ощущение, что людям при взаимодействии со мной становится лучше им не хочется от меня уходить 😊 хоть пожилые хоть совсем маленькие детки 🥰
@MrBAlex88
10 жыл бұрын
8:13 - a words to live by
@F_L_U_X
13 жыл бұрын
@Bracerjack reading your comment spiked mine, I believe...empathy is powerful...
@itsTERIYAKI
9 жыл бұрын
I learned a lot from this. Thank you!
@henrygraham1584
6 жыл бұрын
You learnt a bunch of bullshit based of off an unquntifiable and unisolationable experiment
@UnexpectedWonder
3 жыл бұрын
@@henrygraham1584 Exactly.
@HippopotamusPencil
13 жыл бұрын
@mellamosean Exactly, the thing is what psychologists bring is not a conflicting answer to what Paul Zak brings.
@ARKwan-jw2ys
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you science!
@lucyanne3931
Жыл бұрын
Just watching the hug increased my oxytoxin, I could feel it
@NightHoundd11
5 жыл бұрын
i have his book and i find his ideas very interesting and logical ,i dont know why people judge him wrong.
@zzulm
4 жыл бұрын
It works I heard about hugging your kids to reduce stress years ago and something so little makes a big difference
@ashliebelle
13 жыл бұрын
I want a hug :( I want more oxytocin!
@gautamadarwin7990
6 жыл бұрын
John Oliver makes some great points about science - I’d highly recommend that video to everyone! (Search “John Oliver science” - it’s about 20 minutes long. The four minute one is not impressive when compared to the whole thing.) I also want to throw out some resources for people watching this who are interested in learning more about this particular research or oxytocin in general. One main point was brought up by John Oliver - oxytocin doesn’t necessarily make you happier all the time, but it does seem to be involved with the ability for social adaptation by normalizing under- or over-active functioning Ma, Shamay-Tsoory, Han, & Zink, 2016). That might sound a little vague and dry, but it provides the foundational knowledge for a whole lot of research that goes beyond morality. A lot of the research looks at social perception or social cognition. One interesting study reports that in a game of chance with a confederate, oxytocin appears to increase envy and gloating when participants won less and more, respectively, than the confederate (Shamay-Tsoory et al., 2009). Perhaps, that counts as being involved with morality. For a more comprehensive picture, I’ll outline a few possible situations that I considered and try to reason through some perspectives on oxytocin research. Any error or misinterpretation that follows is mine alone. When I was reading some literature on oxytocin for a class last term, I tended to think about 3 possible interpretations of this talk. If it was not already clear, these possibilities are more conjecture than systematic literature review. Anyone who is interested in this topic is encouraged to conduct their own literature review, but I have included references to some sources. 1) Paul Zak’s findings have been appropriately interpreted in the literature. Question: What did Dr. Zak find? Answer: It’s complicated; see “Option 1” below. 2) Paul Zak’s findings have been misinterpreted in the literature (as they were in this video). Question: Has the research begun to correct itself? Answer: Outlook is good; see Ma et al. (2016); Leng & Ludwig (2016). 3) Paul Zak’s findings are the result of questionable research practices and intranasal oxytocin does not increase trust. Question: Is there evidence for this? Answer: Uncertain; for one perspective, see Conlisk (2011). Option 1 What did Dr. Zak find? Below is a quote from Kosfeld, Heinrichs, Zak, Fischbacher, & Fehr (2005): “Our hypothesis that oxytocin increases the trusting behaviour of investors implies that the investors in the oxytocin group (n = 29) will show higher money transfers than those in the placebo group (n = 29). In fact, our data show that oxytocin increases investors’ trust considerably. Out of the 29 subjects, 13 (45%) in the oxytocin group showed the maximal trust level, whereas only 6 of the 29 subjects (21%) in the placebo group showed maximal trust (Fig. 2a). In contrast, only 21% of the subjects in the oxytocin group had a trust level below 8 monetary units (MU), but 45% of the subjects in the control group showed such low levels of trust. These differences in the distribution of trust result in higher average and median trust levels for subjects given oxytocin (Table 1). The investors’ average transfer is 17% higher in the oxytocin group (Mann-Whitney U-test; z = -1.897, p = 0.029, one-sided), and the median transfer in the oxytocin group is 10 MU, compared to a median of only 8 MU for subjects in the placebo group.” (p. 674) What does that mean? One finding seems very interesting - if you look at the figure (not included), there’s one very important bar - the “percentage of people showing maximum trust”. It’s a lot higher for the oxytocin category. Does this reflect trust per se, or a social adaptive process of weighing financial risks and gains? The researchers interpret the phenomenon as an increase in trust because the oxytocin only seems to work when the participant invests with a person, compared to a game played with a computer. I don’t know if I’d think “if I give all my money to this computer, its randomization procedures might spit out more money” in the computer game. While the researchers may have controlled for details like this, I’d be inclined to factor in social considerations when giving my money to a person who may or may not provide a return on the investment. Do we think that this is trust? I didn’t do much research into trust, and I won’t claim to be an expert on trust or morality. I think looking at how oxytocin is involved in many different situations helps to understand a larger, more nuanced picture of the role of oxytocin. A personal summary (no citations). Oxytocin seems to increase desire for investment returns, and specifically investment behavior when there is financial risk involved with investing money through a human banker. Don’t let corporations give it to people and be skeptical if your stock broker gives you a hug! Conlisk, J. (2011). Professor Zak's empirical studies on trust and oxytocin. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 78(1), 160-166. Kosfeld, M., Heinrichs, M., Zak, P. J., Fischbacher, U., & Fehr, E. (2005). Oxytocin increases trust in humans. Nature, 435(7042), 673-676. Leng, G., & Ludwig, M. (2016). Reply to: improving research standards to restore trust in intranasal oxytocin. Biological Psychiatry, 79(8), e55-e56. Ma, Y., Shamay-Tsoory, S., Han, S., & Zink, C. F. (2016). Oxytocin and social adaptation: insights from neuroimaging studies of healthy and clinical populations. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 20(2), 133-145. Shamay-Tsoory, S. G., Fischer, M., Dvash, J., Harari, H., Perach-Bloom, N., & Levkovitz, Y. (2009). Intranasal administration of oxytocin increases envy and schadenfreude (gloating). Biological Psychiatry, 66(9), 864-870. Zak, P. J., Kurzban, R., & Matzner, W. T. (2004). The neurobiology of trust. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1032(1), 224-227. Zak, P. J., Kurzban, R., & Matzner, W. T. (2005). Oxytocin is associated with human trustworthiness. Hormones and Behavior, 48(5), 522-527.
@daniwey
5 жыл бұрын
Gautama Darwin fantastic!!! How nobody thought of it before?
@wing210
13 жыл бұрын
This made me wanna hug somebody right now : )
@Slashtap
13 жыл бұрын
Great speaker. This is one of those 1 in 50 ted talks that I'll really remember
@jeana3122
9 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the "Ron Gutman: The hidden power of smiling" and the "Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are" TED Talks...interesting!
@davidcopperfield2278
6 жыл бұрын
Me and my friend Aldous Huxley approve !!! Please create this drug for wide use as soon as possible
@davidswarner5804
5 жыл бұрын
Why? It is just another drug. You can get the same effect by doing deeds for others. They sometimes show gratitude by offering hugs. Close physical contact can produce oxytocin of your own. The more you do, the more you produce and it is made quicker with a lower threshold. Work the food line at a shelter. Work at Habitat for humanity.
@davidswarner5804
5 жыл бұрын
Make it yourself. Go out and meet people. Share experiences and share even the most basic of physical contact, a handshake, a brief hug, and make your own oxytocin.
@tdreamgmail
5 жыл бұрын
No, the point of oxytocin to to reward you for good behaviour towards other people. You blatantly want to skip that process, that’s the end of civil society. Just look at drug users.
@marcusminty3243
9 жыл бұрын
thank you great video
@loneRambler
12 жыл бұрын
Regarding this, someone said to me: "Morality based on empathy seems to be the only testable moral system, where causes and effects are not abstract, but objectively measurable in the brain." But this is unjustifiable presumption. The first presumption is that you can't test abstract things. The second presumption is that you should be able to test morality. The third presumption is that neuron firings don't under- or over-determine one's mental world, but are like a ticker-tape for stock prices
@chuckheppner3374
10 жыл бұрын
♂ 💝 🐦 🐝 💝 ♀ Paul Zak: Trust, morality - and oxytocin kzitem.info/news/bejne/03x3yqCLa3eFnYo Paul Zak, a.k.a. Dr. Love, recommends that giving 8 hugs per day is sufficient to release a amount of Oxytocin to be happy
@insme
13 жыл бұрын
Interesting talk about molecular interactions forming societal changes
@juanjosediazbrito4602
4 ай бұрын
Uaooo FANTRASTIC, THANK YOUUU Dr. PAUL ZAK.
@tespunishertes
13 жыл бұрын
reminds me why i subscribed to TED, love it :)
@mattmoore111
13 жыл бұрын
I always heard that hugging it out 8 times a day would make you go blind.
@gulllars
11 жыл бұрын
Yes, it's mostly utilitarian, but i've arrived at it through analysis and reflection, and actually use it in practice. I also do some charitable work because i can, by donating some of my computers idle processing power to science (Folding@Home) and some money to other causes (currently SOS Children's Villages). I don't advertise this, but confronted with your comment it gives context. I'm quite cynical and emotionally reserved, but if you ask people who know me i'm a "nice and helpful guy".
@bentothetenthpower
13 жыл бұрын
Touching research.
@WithANameLike
13 жыл бұрын
@1:30 "Breathe it in!!! Breathe ittttt!"
@salahhe
13 жыл бұрын
This is the first talk where the Ted gingle didn't try to make me deaf! I love it!
@HBSanta
13 жыл бұрын
That was amazing!!! One of the best TED talks ever!
@Crazee108
13 жыл бұрын
omg this explains SO much... especially why women tend to be more emphatic. Wow.
@yourtube20061
13 жыл бұрын
good researcher and a good showman !
@flyhighcomeout
12 жыл бұрын
Empathy―the ability to feel what another person is feeling―is a very important human characteristic.This is because it encourages us to treat other people with kindness.But why do some people feel more empathy than others? Scientists believe that the answer may lie in a chemical called oxytocin.This chemical is related into the blood when women are pregnant,leading them naturally to form strong bonds with their babies
@esca8652
13 жыл бұрын
@aadrian13 It basically helps us cooperate so we can survive. If a person's oxytocin system is well-developed, they'll be more likely to be caring and giving individuals. By the experiments in this video, it looks like it makes a fairly significant difference in a person's generosity level. I agree, it will definitely not inhibit our reason of why someone values generosity, but I think instead, it will make someone value it through the rewards and feelings of giving.
@amoonavidtanha
13 жыл бұрын
this guy is too good
@omg9261
5 жыл бұрын
very nice talk.
@muskduh
2 жыл бұрын
brilliant thanks
@aadrian13
13 жыл бұрын
Reducing morality to cooperation, survival or feeding some internal reward system can only explain some very basic human behaviour, but not our notions of what is right and wrong.
@alexey1393
13 жыл бұрын
this is how equilibrium starts
@juiianadebeers8230
7 жыл бұрын
Brilliant--engaging--powerful!
@PurplePainting
13 жыл бұрын
@joeloud1 He's a neuroeconomist, not an economist. From wikipedia: It combines research methods from neuroscience, experimental and behavioral economics, and cognitive and social psychology.
@narbalfontes5353
Жыл бұрын
Amazing!!!
@sentinel_Alphacentauri
13 жыл бұрын
Excellent presentation!
@Iker888
13 жыл бұрын
I loved this talk! It's a little hard to swallow though; I always regarded morality as a social convention that varies in each culture. Maybe oxytocin would be more related to empathy, from which morality stems?
@eclipzbvt23
13 жыл бұрын
Paul Zak needs Tony Robbins to teach him how to catch the crowd's attention using EMOTION. Great topic, monotone lecture.
@itsdevgarg
2 жыл бұрын
Very intresting talk 👍👍
@YawnGod
13 жыл бұрын
So good.
@ama291997
13 жыл бұрын
@mobubabe You can click on the time to skip the loud intro. It is really just for everyone's convenience.
@Speedy.V
13 жыл бұрын
i like this alot...this made me happy
@batalvitrinidad
13 жыл бұрын
we have a biology of trustworthiness. fascinating stuff.
@WisperedShouts
13 жыл бұрын
I would be interested in oxytocin levels under the influence of different drugs, particularly comparing alcohol and pot, but also coffee, sugar, nicotine. Also what about different jobs, habits, etc. It would be really interesting to see if there is any connection between drinking coffee before work, or listening to a specific genre of music, stuff like this, and the economic state of a country.
@HippopotamusPencil
13 жыл бұрын
@aadrian13 Actually it explains the current physical reason for generosity in high regard, i.e. the "moral molecule" being released. However, from a slightly more complicated thought it does not explain for what reason this is started ocurring etc. I think that will come from evolutionary biology, but currently we work with what we've got.
@xCxJuGERNAUTx
12 жыл бұрын
Makes me feel sane that others think this way:)
@Coltaculuss
13 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and informative.
@sadiesunshine1
10 жыл бұрын
Oxytocin Factor is a supplemental health product sold on Amazon.
@sebastiencormier4306
6 жыл бұрын
I worry about supplemental oxytocin inhibiting endogenous production.
@gisellegacharna1480
4 жыл бұрын
It has been proven that exogenous oxytocin can interact with vasopressin receptors doing the opposite effect of endogenous Oxytocin and increasing levels of anxiety, aggression and stress.
@torrid426
13 жыл бұрын
So cool.
@kadirkuzu349
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for introducing the trust molecule, oxytocin.
@Arghira
13 жыл бұрын
I've loved it!
@elenageo9268
3 жыл бұрын
The problem with synthetic oxytocin is that , in time, it "burns" your oxytocin receptors.
@MsLakerfan8
13 жыл бұрын
4 years ago, i got awarded "most friendliest" in high school and i said "just follow the 8 hugs a day rule". i should get credit for this... lol
@TheSnobar
13 жыл бұрын
Incredible !
@wordsandmessages7713
7 жыл бұрын
11:29 No wonder men scare me sometimes and I just don't want to be around them. Too much testosterone (selfishness) and not enough oxytocin (caring). This makes total sense to me.
@lukelangton1494
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah I’m a male but I’m glad I don’t have a lot of testosterone, I actually want more estrogen in me which is a female hormone. It just makes me a better person I feel, it makes me feel good and everybody agrees I’m a better person with female hormones
@probabletruth5511
4 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure the difference is very small. I have a lot of testosterone, but am more empathetic than anyone I know.
@micometer
13 жыл бұрын
Interesting... I need a hug.
@dookiecheez
13 жыл бұрын
@metamorphicmuse "You've contradicted yourself " No, you've misunderstood. That was an example of a well known exception that wouldn't invalidate his hypothesis, which is what I'm trying to explain. "he neglected to mention any exceptions" Ted talks are timed not open ended. Give him some slack. I criticized his generalities as well, but as I said they don't rule out what you seem to think they do. This is not the forum for peer review level criticisms, and I ain't paying to make it one!
@songjun
13 жыл бұрын
this is very likable, it's also crazy
@orangepeelpeel
13 жыл бұрын
Let's start giving out hugs!
@Friemelkubus
13 жыл бұрын
See, When I hug people it's not because I'm weird. It's because it's been scientifically proven to make me happier. Yay! Great vid ^^
@jeremywomack2168
11 жыл бұрын
Understanding something doesn't lessen it. Because emotion is caused by chemicals doesn't change it, it still behaves the same way it always has because it was always caused by a chemical. The observations our ancestors made about emotions and morality are still true, the reasons why are just different.
@awarmlite
13 жыл бұрын
@rootytuners I went to catholic school. Many nuns there are older women who take vows after their husbands die and children grow up. Although your ideas seem equally valid.
@Crazee108
13 жыл бұрын
I really love his voice... O_O
@SirBentleyDoodle
12 жыл бұрын
why would people dislike this video?
@tubinginnow
13 жыл бұрын
Wonderful speech! I am watching it over and over again... Maybe it's my oxytocin. :-)
@nicholasbain2835
6 жыл бұрын
I'm just here for the ASMR value.
@imgpartner
11 жыл бұрын
I absolutely agree. Working out (laughing heartily, being with people you like, eating chocolate, celebrating success...) does release endorphins. Are all the people equally predisposed to release them, though? For example those who suffer from depression as a result of being abused/neglected as children? Their circuitry for producing endorphins may be considerably underdeveloped. That’s all I wanted to say.
@mattmoore111
13 жыл бұрын
How does this effect the judge/jury/plaintiff/ defendant dynamic?
@littlenumchuck2351
9 жыл бұрын
Wait was this about oxytocin or Paul Zak?
@Deathwhisperer13
11 жыл бұрын
Thank you ! :)
@test123ok
13 жыл бұрын
@aadrian13 it seems like the decision to make "the right moral" choice may come from previous experiences i.e. brain chemistry/neural pathways reinforced by the reward from a previous 'analogous' interaction. Moral dilemmas may arise from the fact that there is no strong oxytocin induced neural pathways and no way to establish it because of its subjective nature and maybe that's why makes us think harder.
@seanfenrir
12 жыл бұрын
I think poorer countries are less empathetic because the individuals have to worry more about their and their families well being above all else. Besides being social, humans are survivalists too.
@human9666
11 жыл бұрын
Perhaps that in and of itself is the higher truth. Love and your body will release more oxytosin and will make you happy. In other words, you are choosing to either be happy or unhappy. Knowing that everything is a biochemical reaction shouldnt be a bad thing. This shows that our actions result in our emotions and thoughts. You are creating your feeling and thoughts about the world. So create a good one. Be of love and love others. Of course the choice is up to you.
@dookiecheez
13 жыл бұрын
@dookiecheez cont--What he said about oxytocin would still hold true. It's effect on someone who's highly empathetic due to depression not oxytocin, could still be valid. I bring up depression out of personal relevance btw. I do think it's possible that I might be even more empathetic if I had more hugs every day.
@aimezmoi13
13 жыл бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed this! What a great guy =) Need more research from him!
@naybobdenod
13 жыл бұрын
An excellent talk. All we need now is to find the Higgs Boson :)
@imgpartner
11 жыл бұрын
It's not JUST oxytocin, it's ALL ENDORPHINS. We start to learn to secerete them (and develop appropriate circuits) when still in our mother's womb. Some people will never learn that and their circuits will fail to develop. For the lack of parental love, attention and care they migh even develop depression or schizophrenia later in life (at puberty or college age). Our future trust and morality rest in our parents' ability to truly care for us in childhood.
@loneRambler
12 жыл бұрын
The type of ethical system Zak utilizes in his argument is the largely-feminist "Ethics of Care." In this ethical system, it is presumed that empathy is what morality is. But there are more systems of ethics out there. One is Deontology, where a moral rule is cherished. Another is Utilitarianism, where only good "outcomes" are sought (even sometimes by anti-empathetic means). Another is Natural Law, where good outcomes are hedged via conforming action to actions commensurate with one's nature.
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