Butkis□ingisnotjustaroman□i□gesture—ital□o□□□sc□entific□en□fi□s.W□enwe□is□,□urbrai□sreleasea□ocktai□of□hemicals□□□eoxytoc□n,dop□□□ne,andserotonin,kno□nasthe"l□vehorm□nes□"□hesechem□ca□scanred□cestres□,boostm□od□andcreatefee□i□gs□fattachmenta□d□onding.Kissingalso□□r□ngth□nsour□mmunesys□emb□exposi□gustoavarietyo□bacte□iat□atcan□elpbu□ldim□unity. Butkissingisnotj□starom□n□icgest□r□—ital□ohassci□ntificben□□its.Whe□wekiss,ourbra□nsrele□se□c□ckta□lofche□icalsl□keoxytoci□,dopamine,an□serotoni□,knownasthe"□ovehormones□"Thesechemic□lscanreduc□□tres□,bo□st□ood,andc□eatefeeling□ofatt□□hmentandbonding.□i□singals□s□rengthenso□rimmunes□st□m□y□xpo□ingust□avarietyofbacte□i□thatcan□elpbu□ldimm□nity.<□p> □utki□□ingisn□tj□staro□anticgesture—italso□□sscientificbenefits□Whenwekiss,ourbrainsrelea□eacockt□i□ofch□mi□als□ikeo□ytocin,d□pamine□an□s□r□tonin,knownasthe"l□vehorm□nes."The□□chemicalscanredu□e□tress,boo□tmo□d,□nd□r□at□fe□lings□fattachm□□tandbondin□.Kiss□n□also□trengthensour□mmu□esystembyexposingustoav□riety□fbacte□□atha□c□nhe□pb□□ldi□m□□ity. Butk□ssingisnotju□taromant□cg□sture□ita□□oh□s□□i□ntificbene□its.Whenw□kiss,ou□brainsrelea□eacocktailofchem□calslikeoxyt□cin,□opa□ine,an□serotoni□,kn□wnasthe"loveh□r□on□s."Thesechemical□canred□c□stress,boos□m□od,andcreatefeel□ngsof□t□□chm□ntandbon□ing.Kissi□g□lsostrengt□ensourimmun□sys□e□byexp□s□ngus□oavarie□y□fbacteriat□atca□helpbuildim□unity.<□p> Butkiss□□gisnotjustaromanticges□□□e—italsohas□cientificbenefits.W□enwek□ss,o□rbrainsreleaseacoc□tailofchemica□sli□eox□tocin,dopamine,and□erotonin,knownasthe"l□ve□ormones."T□esec□emi□al□canre□uc□st□□ss,bo□stmood,and□reatef□e□ings□□a□□ac□me□tandbond□ng.Kissingals□□t□engthenso□rim□□nesystem□yexposingusto□vari□tyofbacteriat□atcanhelp□□ildimmu□i□y.