Claim: MRI shows a burst of oxytocin generated in the baby's brain when kissed by the mother.
Fact-check: The activations in this MRI 'have nothing to do with oxytocin, hormones, kissing, or breastfeeding' - FACTLY
Verdict: the mother in the posted photo is rebecca saxe, a cognitive neuroscientist at mit. she clarified that "the activations are real fmri results, of hemodynamic responses while looking at movies of faces, compared to movies of scenes……they have nothing to do with oxytocin, hormones, kissing, or breastfeeding." hence the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Akhil Reddy
Date published: 2021-02-15T11:21:00