Brain reward systems and social interaction

[Coolray Hollywood]

On 18 Nov 1995, JAppel2188 wrote:

> Social interaction must involve brain reward systems in the amygdala,
> hippocampus and septal regions.  Is any one interested in this
> relationship, or have any information about it?
> 
> 
Actually, David Brin asked an audience on Nov 17 at UCSD, for information 
to confirm his suspicions that women goo-gooing a baby in a carriage are 
getting an neurotransmitter fix of some kind or another.  

How do we go about examining this hypothesis?