Oxytocin and the neurobiology of prosocial behavior

N Marsh, AA Marsh, MR Lee… - The …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Humans are an unusually prosocial species, who engage in social behaviors that include
altruism—whereby an individual engages in costly or risky acts to improve the welfare of …

Oxytocin and vasopressin: linking pituitary neuropeptides and their receptors to social neurocircuits

DA Baribeau, E Anagnostou - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Oxytocin and vasopressin are pituitary neuropeptides that have been shown to affect social
processes in mammals. There is growing interest in these molecules and their receptors as …

Kinetics and dose dependency of intranasal oxytocin effects on amygdala reactivity

FB Spengler, J Schultz, D Scheele, M Essel, W Maier… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Current neuroimaging perspectives on a variety of mental disorders emphasize
dysfunction of the amygdala. The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT), a key mediator in the …

Oxytocin and vasopressin neural networks: Implications for social behavioral diversity and translational neuroscience

ZV Johnson, LJ Young - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Oxytocin-and vasopressin-related systems are present in invertebrate and vertebrate
bilaterian animals, including humans, and exhibit conserved neuroanatomical and …

Comparative perspectives on oxytocin and vasopressin receptor research in rodents and primates: translational implications

SM Freeman, LJ Young - Journal of neuroendocrinology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In the last several decades, sophisticated experimental techniques have been used to
determine the neurobiology of the oxytocin and vasopressin systems in rodents. Using a …

Revisiting the form and function of conflict: Neurobiological, psychological, and cultural mechanisms for attack and defense within and between groups

CKW De Dreu, J Gross - Behavioral and brain sciences, 2019 - cambridge.org
Conflict can profoundly affect individuals and their groups. Oftentimes, conflict involves a
clash between one side seeking change and increased gains through victory and the other …

Is there a publication bias in behavioural intranasal oxytocin research on humans? Opening the file drawer of one laboratory

A Lane, O Luminet, G Nave… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The neurohormone oxytocin (OT) has been one the most studied peptides in behavioural
sciences over the past two decades. Primarily known for its crucial role in labour and …

Kinetics of oxytocin effects on amygdala and striatal reactivity vary between women and men

J Lieberz, D Scheele, FB Spengler… - …, 2020 - nature.com
Accumulating evidence suggests that intranasal oxytocin (OXT; 24 IU) reduces amygdala
responses to fear-related stimuli in men, while exerting inverse effects in women. However …

Neural mechanisms of social decision-making in the primate amygdala

SWC Chang, NA Fagan, K Toda… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Social decisions require evaluation of costs and benefits to oneself and others. Long
associated with emotion and vigilance, the amygdala has recently been implicated in both …

[PDF][PDF] Levels of analysis and problems of evidential support in the study of asymmetric conflict

D Simandan - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2019 - researchgate.net
Abstract The contribution by De Dreu and Gross oversimplifies the complexity of the topic. I
provide counterarguments that undermine the two sweeping contentions on which the …