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Published online 11 November 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031110-7

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Trust begets hormone

Oxytocin may help humans bond.

Trust begets trust - and the hormone oxytocin, research reveals. The chemical messenger may help humans to bond, researchers told this week's Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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