Oxytocin and sensitivity and Income affects weightloss

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• The Pacific Standard features a story about the benefits of oxytocin and mentions a study conducted by Mark Ellenbogen, professor in the Department of Psychology and CRDH researcher, and Christopher Cardoso, a PhD candidate, which found that using external oxytocin could make people more sensitive.
  
  
• Research conducted by Lisa Kakinami, a researcher with the PERFORM Centre and a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, found that those who struggle the most financially also are less likely to constructively battle the bulge through exercise, drinking water, or reducing fat or sweets compared to those in the highest income bracket. The research appeared in Canoë and Le Journal de Montréal.

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