September 15, 2006

Movies move hormones towards romance

26th July, 2004,

The next time you want your partner to feel more romantic, try watching a romantic movie with them. This is likely to send their progesterone levels, the hormone which controls the romantic feelings, soaring.

A study in an upcoming issue of Hormones and Behaviour says a person's hormones respond while they are watching movies and whereas a romantic movie makes you progesterone levels rise, an action movie like The Godfather will affect your testosterone levels.

Women and men reacted differently to the Godfather. After watching the movie, high-testosterone men saw their power motivat5ions and testosterone levels jump as much as 30 percent as their need for affiliation dropped.

High-testosterone women saw their testosterone fall.

ANI, Washington

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