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    Dogs are expensive and take a lot of effort to take care of it. So you might be wondering, why should we get a dog? A dog will make us more active. Even simple things like getting up and tossing a stick, or playing with your dog in the living room helps. This burns calories and gets us moving around. The Journal of Physical Activity & Health shows that dog owners are 34 percent more likely to get the recommended 150 minutes of walking per week than people that don't have dogs. The studies also…

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    Simon Leadership Essay

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    you, but is shown through your actions. Describe three areas that were most influential to you. Area 1: Endorphins, dopamine, oxytocin, and serotonin are "happy" chemicals in our body that make us feel happy, prideful, joyful, and etc. Endorphins and dopamine are chemicals of progress, making us feel good when we accomplish goals. On the other hand, serotonin and oxytocin are the chemicals of trust and belonging. Area 2: Recognition from others make us having feelings of pride and status, which…

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    It is proven that when a mother has a baby she is affected by it and biological changes happen in her brain. She starts to have a motherly feeling for her child and the need to take care of it. The biggest change in the mother’s brain is emotional and behavioral changes. The mother develops a need to take care of her child and make sure the child is healthy and meets all of its needs. We know that a baby creates biological changes in the mother, but do biological changes happen in the father as…

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    Pillow Talk Analysis

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    For the second and final Compendium podcast, I listened to Professor Stefanos interview with Dr. Amanda Denes, a sex communication researcher and expert. At first, I was hesitant to listen to this podcast, let alone write about it. Dr. Denes refers to sex as a, “taboo” topic that people are often uncomfortable talking about. While this is true, it is also necessary to talk about, given that sex is such a prevalent and casual act college students engage in. Dr. Amanda Denes grew up in New Jersey…

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    Icebreaker's Pheromone

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    IceBreaker company also offers a 30 day full money back guarantee, where every single penny including the shipping and handling fees, would be refunded back to customer's account. Final Facts Coming to an end, Icebreaker 2 different Generations (Oxytocin and Pheromones), it claims girls will show interest and with the sexual seduction techniques free course that they offer when buying the cologne, they claim to take us men to the next level to get women to sleep with you. Not to mention, they…

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    Lies In Huckleberry Finn

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    simply continued his grocery shopping. David explained that it is quite easy to be conned because of the “Trust Trap,” once a bond of trust is there, it will continue to develop. In circumstances of trust, our brains are guided by oxytocin. When trust is well imitated, oxytocin is released, “The problem is that our brain wants to extend trust once it has been extended to us” (DiSalvo 2), thus, people fall for the con. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the king goes to a camp-meeting and…

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    Love 2.0 Poem Summary

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    to control your fear about communications and increase your social skills. In “love 2.0”, Barbara introduces a chemical called “oxytocin”. Oxytocin functions as a significant role in social connection especially in the different sex relationships. Researches show that you trade to more concern about some tiny gestures, like a subtle smile, under the influence of oxytocin. They often shape their feelings in some details intended to make friends with you or develop your relations into another…

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    "Oxytocin plays a role in maternal tendencies, feelings of social acceptance and bonding, and sexual gratification; also, oxytocin promotes behaviours that ensure the survival of the young". When a mother is nursing a child the action of sucking will trigger the release of oxytocin in the Mother. When this occurs, the biological effect will move milk into the milk ducts allowing the infant…

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    Rat Model Essay

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    intervention using oxytocin, which is the currently under phase II clinical trials, in order to check for the therapeutic alleviation of the attentional deficits. Ventricular infusion of oxytocin in Shank-3 deficient rats showed significant reduction in the baseline omissions and higher accuracy from their baseline performance after 10min of infusion. The rescued phenotype showed behavior similar to the observed behavior in the WT rats on the baseline trials. These results presented oxytocin as…

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    Oxytocin is a hormone that encourages partner and social bonding, and is involved in romantic relations and mother-child bonds (Holohan). This discovery proves that dogs and their owners form a special and unbreakable connection. Just as a mother loves her child unconditionally, humans show the same affection for their dogs. Interestingly, scientists have discovered that dogs also experience a rise in oxytocin levels, but five times more than cats do (Dawn)…

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