Spring Fever, and the Molecules Behind the Mood

Oxytocin, testosterone, dopamine…..This L.A. Times piece may not offer the most romantic explanation of the forces behind that wonderful lust for life that many of us feel this time of year, but this is about science, not sex. OK, it’s about sex too, but it’s the science of sex, as well as the science of creativity, and the science of great freakin mood. As the Times puts it, "the season’s temperature, light and orgy of scents seemingly conspire to create a trifecta of feel-good stimuli. Interacting with those environmental stimuli, our hormones and neurotransmitters mix a heady cocktail for nearly everyone as the rain, chill and dark of winter give way to the warmth, sunshine and fecundity of spring." Cool. We’ll take it.