BIOL 178 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Vasopressin, Eye Contact, Social Cognition
6 Mar 2020
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Do oxytocin (and vasopressin) influence social bonding in humans: schneiderman, plasma oxytocin in men and women who had recently (<4 months) of fallen in love, who were still in the same relationship 6 months later, or controls (singles) Men and women in new or long(ish)-term romantic relationships had higher oxytocin than singles. Ot was higher in men and women who stayed together for at least. 6 months, than in those who later broke up. Some differences in brain regions activated by romantic and: many fmri studies: maternal love, exposure to stimuli from a romantic partner elicit high activation in . Brain regions with high densities of oxytocin and vasopressin receptors: neural responses to love can differ . With specific aspects of the relationship (friendship, sexual activity, attraction, etc. : monogamy in men, walum (2008) Strong association between a polymorphism in the gene for the. V1a receptor and proneness for monogamous behavior in men: hamilton & meston (2017)
