Editing Kiss (section)

===Health benefits===
Kissing stimulates the production of [[hormone]]s responsible for a good mood: [[oxytocin]], which releases the feeling of love and strengthens the bond with the partner, [[endorphin]]s – hormones responsible for the feeling of happiness –, and [[dopamine]], which stimulates the [[pleasure center]] in the brain.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Erdman |first=Shelby |date=26 May 2021 |title=Why Kissing Is Good for You |url=https://www.webmd.com/sex/features/kissing-benefits-revealed |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=WebMD |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=A Perfect Kiss? The Truth Behind This Loving and Sexy Signal {{!}} Psychology Today |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/modern-minds/202309/a-perfect-kiss-the-truth-behind-this-loving-and-sexy-signal |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=www.psychologytoday.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Alpert |first=Joseph |date=June 2013 |title=Philematology: The Science of Kissing. A Message for the Marital Month of June |url=https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(13)00186-1/fulltext |journal=The American Journal of Medicine |volume=126 |issue=6 |pages=466 |doi=10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.12.022 |pmid=23684396 |via=Elsevier Science Direct}}</ref>
Affection in general has [[stress (biological)|stress]]-reducing effects. Kissing in particular has been studied in a [[controlled experiment]] and it was found that increasing the frequency of kissing in marital and cohabiting relationships results in a reduction of perceived stress, an increase in relationship satisfaction, and a lowering of [[cholesterol]] levels.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Floyd |first1=Kory |last2=Boren |first2=Justin P. |last3=Hannawa |first3=Annegret F. |last4=Hesse |first4=Colin |author5=Breanna McEwan |author6=Alice E. Veksler |title=Kissing in Marital and Cohabiting Relationships: Effects on Blood Lipids, Stress, and Relationship Satisfaction |journal=Western Journal of Communication |volume=73 |issue=2 |pages=113–133 |publisher=Informaworld.com |date=2 April 2009 |doi=10.1080/10570310902856071 |hdl=11123/502 |s2cid=73634219 |url=https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/comm/9 }}</ref><ref name=":2" />