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Social effects of oxytocin in humans: context and person matter
- Source :
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2011.
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Abstract
- Building on animal research, the past decade has witnessed a surge of interest in the effects of oxytocin on social cognition and prosocial behavior in humans. This work has generated considerable excitement about identifying the neurochemical underpinnings of sociality in humans, and discovering compounds to treat social functioning deficits. Inspection of the literature, however, reveals that the effects of oxytocin in the social domain are often weak and/or inconsistent. We propose that this literature can be informed by an interactionist approach in which the effects of oxytocin are constrained by features of situations and/or individuals. We show how this approach can improve understanding of extant research, suggest novel mechanisms through which oxytocin might operate, and refine predictions about oxytocin pharmacotherapy.
- Subjects :
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Brain
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Context (language use)
Oxytocin
Developmental psychology
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Neurochemical
Prosocial behavior
Social cognition
medicine
Social domain
Animals
Humans
Cognition Disorders
Social Behavior
Psychology
Social effects
Sociality
medicine.drug
Cognitive psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13646613
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a350653d1d0f8ea4765fdc9ba086bd34