Oxytocin and the Pharmacological Dissection of Affiliation
@article{Bartz2016OxytocinAT, title={Oxytocin and the Pharmacological Dissection of Affiliation}, author={Jennifer A. Bartz}, journal={Current Directions in Psychological Science}, year={2016}, volume={25}, pages={104 - 110} }
Popularly hailed as the “love hormone,” oxytocin has emerged as a key variable in the regulation of human social cognition and behavior. In particular, research using intranasal oxytocin to pharmacologically manipulate the availability of oxytocin shows that oxytocin augmentation can promote a wide range of affiliative processes; however, evidence also shows null and even antisocial effects. Rather than random error to be eliminated, such variability may offer clues about the mechanisms by…
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