Scientists at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge have found that a spray containing the neuropeptide oxytocin may make it easier for people with schizophrenia to feel for other people. In a recent study, the researchers recruited 48 healthy men and gave half an oxytocin nose spray and half a placebo nose spray. The scientists found that the men who were given the oxytocin spray showed more empathy to exposure to emotionally charged situations such as a crying child or a grieving man than those...