Intranasal oxytocin modulates EEG mu/alpha and beta rhythms during perception of biological motion

• Published in: Psychoneuroendocrinology Vol. 35; no. 10; pp. 1446 - 1453
• Main Authors: Perry, Anat, Bentin, Shlomo, Shalev, Idan, Israel, Salomon, Uzefovsky, Florina, Bar-On, Dori, Ebstein, Richard P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Administration, Intranasal; Adult; Alpha Rhythm - drug effects; Alpha rhythms; Behavioral psychophysiology; Beta Rhythm - drug effects; Biological and medical sciences; Biological motion; Brain Mapping; Double-Blind Method; EEG; Electroencephalography - drug effects; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hormones and behavior; Humans; Male; Motion Perception - drug effects; Mu rhythms; Oxytocin; Oxytocin - administration & dosage; Oxytocin - pharmacology; Photic Stimulation; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychomotor Performance - drug effects; Social Behavior; Social cognition; Young Adult; Biological motion; Oxytocin; Mu rhythms; EEG; Alpha rhythms; Social cognition; Vision; Body movement; Electrophysiology; Perception; Rhythm; Electroencephalography

Oxytocin (OT) plays a determining role in social and pair bonding in many vertebrates and increasing evidence suggests it is a social hormone also in humans. Indeed, intranasal administration of OT modulates several social cognitive processes in humans. Electrophysiological studies in humans associa...