Social effects of oxytocin in humans: context and person matter
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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.
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The trust-enhancing effect of oxytocin may be stronger if a positive relationship already exists between the supportive other and the support recipient.
“The trust-enhancing effect (Baumgartner, Heinrichs, Vonlanthen, Fischbacher, & Fehr, 2008;Van IJzendoorn & Bakermans-Kranenburg, 2012) may be stronger if a positive relationship already exists between the supportive other and the support recipient (Bartz et al., 2011).”
From Oxytocin enhances the pain‐relieving effects of social support in romantic couples (2019) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
More and more research suggests that oxytocin effects are context dependent.
“More and more research suggests that OT effects are context dependent (see [29] for a review).”
From Failed Replication of Oxytocin Effects on Trust: The Envelope Task Case (2015) · cites this paper as [29]
Oxytocin has a role in regulating complex social behavior, including parental care, social bonding and social cognition in general.
“More recently, attention has turned to its role in regulating complex social behavior, including parental care, social bonding and social cognition in general (1–6).”
From Statistical and Methodological Considerations for the Interpretation of Intranasal Oxytocin Studies (2016) · cites this paper as [1]
Since oxytocin can strengthen the encoding of positive social stimuli to make them more salient, it might facilitate interpersonal intimacy by making the encoding of positive social cues more rewarding and memorable.
“Since oxytocin can strengthen the encoding of positive social stimuli to make them more salient, it might facilitate interpersonal intimacy by making the encoding of positive social cues more rewarding and memorable [69].”
From Could intranasal oxytocin be used to enhance relationships? Research imperatives, clinical policy, and ethical considerations (2013) · cites this paper as [69]
Oxytocin seems to improve empathic accuracy only in less-socially proficient individuals, whereas it has no effect for those who are already well-attuned to social information.
“And oxytocin seems to improve empathic accuracy only in less-socially proficient individuals, whereas it has no effect for those who are already well-attuned to social information [69].”
From Could intranasal oxytocin be used to enhance relationships? Research imperatives, clinical policy, and ethical considerations (2013) · cites this paper as [69]
Parallel data on OT effects in both men and women are still rare and, in part, conflicting.
“As parallel data on OT effects in both men and women are still rare and, in part, conflicting (for an overview, see Bartz et al., 2011), it is particularly important to investigate both sexes within the same research design.”
From Sex-specific effects of intranasal oxytocin on autonomic nervous system and emotional responses to couple conflict (2013) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
OT might have driven quiescence in women and social salience and approach behavior in men.
“Thus, in line with Bartz et al. (2011) andMcCall andSinger (2012), in our study, OT might have driven quiescence in women and social salience and approach behavior in men.”
From Sex-specific effects of intranasal oxytocin on autonomic nervous system and emotional responses to couple conflict (2013) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
The majority of intranasal oxytocin studies do not yield a main treatment effect.
“the majority of IN-OT studies do not yield a main IN-OT treatment effects.”
From Is there a Publication Bias in Behavioural Intranasal Oxytocin Research on Humans? Opening the File Drawer of One Laboratory (2016) · cites this paper as [19]
More and more findings suggest that intranasal oxytocin influences behaviors by interacting with several moderators.
“Through the literature, more and more findings suggest that IN-OT influences behaviors by interacting with several moderators (for a review see (19)).”
From Is there a Publication Bias in Behavioural Intranasal Oxytocin Research on Humans? Opening the File Drawer of One Laboratory (2016) · cites this paper as [19]
The data support the concept that the behavioral effects of OXT are moderated by contextual factors and personal characteristics such as relationship status.
“These data substantially support the concept that the behavioral effects of OXT are moderated by contextual factors and personal characteristics such as relationship status (Bartz et al., 2011) and provide the first direct evidence for a behavior-modifying role of OXT in helping to maintain monogamous pair-bonds in humans.”
From Oxytocin Modulates Social Distance between Males and Females (2012) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
Human studies show that the behavioral effects of AVP and OXT depend on social contextual factors.
“There are also human studies showing that the behavioral effects of AVP and OXT depend on social contextual factors (Declerck et al., 2010; Bartz et al., 2011; Rilling et al., 2012; Olff et al., 2013).”
From Sex-specific modulation of juvenile social play behavior by vasopressin and oxytocin depends on social context (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
Endogenous oxytocin may be an important regulator and a biomarker of subjects' social motivation toward, or perception of, a given social context.
“Indeed, endogenous oxytocin may be an important regulator and a biomarker of subjects' social motivation toward, or perception of, a given social context (Bartz et al., 2011; Macdonald and Feifel, 2013).”
From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
Research focus has been almost exclusively on determining what oxytocin does, to whom and in what contexts.
“Of these studies, the focus has been almost exclusively on determining what oxytocin does, to whom and in what contexts (Bartz et al., 2011; Olff et al., 2013; Veening and Olivier, 2013 for reviews).”
From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
Beneficial effects of oxytocin may occur only under specific social circumstances.
“Recently, however, strong indicators have emerged that such beneficial effects of oxytocin may occur only under specific social circumstances (Bartz et al., 2011; Olff et al., 2013).”
From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
The effects of oxytocin and what triggers oxytocin release in a given social context can both vary depending on individual differences such as sex, age, early experience, psychiatric or psychological health.
“In addition, the effects that oxytocin has and what triggers oxytocin release in a given social context can both vary depending on individual differences such as sex, age, early experience, psychiatric or psychological health (effects of oxytocin: Bartz et al., 2011; Macdonald and Feifel, 2013; Olff et al., 2013; release of oxytocin: Sanders et al., 1990; Turner et al., 1999).”
From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
Within-species studies demonstrate considerable variation between individuals on the effects that oxytocin has on social behavior.
“Within-species studies are already demonstrating considerable variation between individuals on the effects that oxytocin has on social behavior, as noted above (for reviews see Bartz et al., 2011; Olff et al., 2013).”
From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
A number of studies in healthy people and in patients with psychological or psychiatric disorders show that administration of oxytocin leads to negative not positive social effects, suggesting that exogenous oxytocin does not always lead to increased affiliation.
“However, a number of studies in healthy people, as well as in patients with psychological or psychiatric disorders show that administration of oxytocin leads to negative not positive social effects (Epperson et al., 1996; Bartz et al., 2011; Feifel, 2011; Mah et al., 2012), suggesting that exogenous oxytocin does not always lead to increased affiliation.”
From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
Few studies measure endogenous oxytocin levels in conjunction with oxytocin administration, so determining how applied doses relate to endogenous oxytocin levels and their effects has not been addressable.
“Likewise, determining how applied doses may relate to endogenous oxytocin levels and their effects has not been addressable, partly because few studies measure endogenous oxytocin levels in conjunction with oxytocin administration (review: Bartz et al., 2011; Olff et al., 2013).”
From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
Oxytocin release may depend more on an individual's social perception of an interaction than on the properties of the interaction itself.
“That oxytocin release may depend more on an individuals' social perception of an interaction than on the properties of the interaction itself mirrors other studies on human and non-human primates which suggest that inhaled oxytocin changes individuals' perception or motivation toward a social context (Chang et al., 2012; Parr et al., 2013, for reviews see: Bartz et al., 2011; Olff et al., 2013).”
From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
Studies using exogenous oxytocin have highlighted that a possible effect of oxytocin is to change individuals' social motivations or perceptions of a current social context, such that individuals that inhale oxytocin compared with those that do not become more affiliative, attentive, prosocial or empathetic to the same social stimuli.
“Studies using exogenous oxytocin have highlighted how a possible effect of oxytocin is to change individuals' social motivations or perceptions of a current social context, such that individuals that inhale oxytocin compared with those that do not, become more affiliative, attentive, prosocial or empathetic to the same social stimuli (e.g., Bartz et al., 2011; Chang et al., 2012; Parr et al., 2013”
From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
Inhaled oxytocin increases sensitivity to the social information of co-players in a social dilemma game.
“Additionally, inhaled OT increases sensitivity to the social information of co-players in a social dilemma game (Declerck et al., 2010, 2013; Mikolajczak et al., 2010; Bartz et al., 2011;)”
From Oxytocin promotes altruistic punishment (2017) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
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“(23) suggesting that the effects of OT are interactively constrained by features of situations”
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De Bellis, M. D., & Zisk, A. (2014) · Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America · doi:10.1016/j.chc.2014.01.002 · Cited by 892 · see citing works
“responsible for the regulation of a wider range of social interactions, including social memory and cognition, emotion recognition, empathy, and attachment.(166) In addition, the oxytocin system is involved in the regulation of the body’s response to stress.”
Oxytocin enables maternal behaviour by balancing cortical inhibition
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“Bartz et al. (2011) demonstrated that the effects of OT administration on memories of maternal closeness in childhood were mediated by the individual's history of reported attachment security and the beneficial effects of OT inhaling were observed only among securely attached individuals.”
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Carter, C. S. (2014) · Annual Review of Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-010213-115110 · Cited by 714 · see citing works
“…conducted in individuals with a history of personal adversity, suggest that in some contexts exogenous oxytocin can have asocial or negative consequences (Bartz et al. 2011), including increasing the perception of threat in the presence of individuals from other social groups (De Dreu 2012).”
BackgroundInfluentialMirror neurons: from origin to function
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“Consistent with this, there is convergent evidence from meta-analysis, lesion studies and TMS techniques implicating MN activity in a core component process that translates sensory input from body movement into a matching motor plan.”
ResultOlff, M., Frijling, J. L., Kubzansky, L. D., Bradley, B., Ellenbogen, M. A., Cardoso, C., Bartz, J. A., Yee, J. R., & van Zuiden, M. (2013) · Psychoneuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.06.019 · Cited by 620 · see citing works
“…et al.) or differential interpretations due to interindividual factors (i.e. sex in study of Kubzansky et al.; attachment style in study of Bartz et al.; presence of depressive symptoms in study of Ellenbogen & Cardoso), further reinforcing a more nuanced view of oxytocin (Bartz et al., 2011a).”
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Increased brain and plasma oxytocin after nasal and peripheral administration in rats and mice
Neumann, I. D., Maloumby, R., Beiderbeck, D. I., Lukas, M., & Landgraf, R. (2013) · Psychoneuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.03.003 · Cited by 511 · see citing works
A nexus model of the temporal–parietal junction
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Modulating social behavior with oxytocin: How does it work? What does it mean?
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“While many of these new developments are both important and intriguing, our brief is to step back a little and raise some questions, especially those with an interpretational flavor, that may usefully be considered in moving this field forward (see also (Bartz et al., 2011; Meyer-Lindenberg et al., 2011).”
BackgroundInfluentialPlasticity of Cortical Excitatory-Inhibitory Balance
Froemke, R. C. (2015) · Annual Review of Neuroscience · doi:10.1146/annurev-neuro-071714-034002 · Cited by 458 · see citing works
“Peripheral release of oxytocin via the pituitary gland is important for parturition and lactation, whereas central release has cognitive effects related to pair-bond formation (Bartz et al. 2011, Carter 1998, Dulac et al. 2014, Insel & Young 2001).”
BackgroundBrain-to-Brain Synchrony during Naturalistic Social Interactions
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“The context- and persondependent nature of the effects of OT administration has been observed in several reviews.(6,25,63) Here, we systematically review the moderating effects of context, personality and childhood experiences.”
BackgroundInfluentialGraustella, A. J., & MacLeod, C. (2012) · Hormones and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.01.002 · Cited by 379 · see citing works
Guastella, A. J., Hickie, I. B., McGuinness, M. M., Otis, M., Woods, E. A., Disinger, H. M., Chan, H.-K., Chen, T. F., & Banati, R. B. (2013) · Psychoneuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.11.019 · Cited by 357 · see citing works
“This work provided the foundation for a heated research field administering and studying OT nasal sprays effects on humans (Bartz et al., 2011).”
BackgroundMethodOxytocin, motivation and the role of dopamine
Love, T. M. (2014) · Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.pbb.2013.06.011 · Cited by 369 · see citing works
“…have posited that oxytocin’s ability to influence behavioral responses to social stimuli is at least partially mediated by its capacity to increase the salience of social cues (Averbeck, 2010, Bartz et al. , 2011, Burkett and Young, 2012, Gordon et al. , 2011, Shamay-Tsoory et al. , 2009).”
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“As peripheral oxytocin levels and also the effects of oxytocin are influenced by many different factors, other relationships also exist (Bartz et al., 2011).”
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“It is also possible that for individuals with more efficient variants, social stimuli are more salient, enhancing social information processing (37).”
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Oxytocin enhances brain function in children with autism
Gordon, I., Vander Wyk, B. C., Bennett, R. H., Cordeaux, C., Lucas, M. V., Eilbott, J. A., Zagoory-Sharon, O., Leckman, J. F., Feldman, R., & Pelphrey, K. A. (2013) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1312857110 · Cited by 336 · see citing works
“Behavioral improvements may require richer, more realistic social contexts that include opportunities for social learning (4).”
BackgroundOxytocin enhances brain reward system responses in men viewing the face of their female partner
Scheele, D., Wille, A., Kendrick, K. M., Stoffel-Wagner, B., Becker, B., Güntürkün, O., Maier, W., & Hurlemann, R. (2013) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1314190110 · Cited by 345 · see citing works
“The notion that OXT may play a specific role in maintaining long-term pair bonding in humans is also substantiated by our previous findings that it makes men in a relationship keep a greater social distance from attractive female strangers (29) and reinforces the suggestion that OXT effects are both context and person…”
ResultStatistical and Methodological Considerations for the Interpretation of Intranasal Oxytocin Studies
Walum, H., Waldman, I. D., & Young, L. J. (2016) · Biological Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.06.016 · Cited by 345 · see citing works
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Does Oxytocin Increase Trust in Humans? A Critical Review of Research
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“It has been proposed, for example, that OT might affect complex behaviors by regulating lowlevel processes such as attention to social cues (Averbeck, 2010; Bartz et al., 2011; Churchland & Winkielman, 2012; Heinrichs, Baumgartner, Kirschbaum, & Ehlert, 2003; Heinrichs & Domes, 2008; Weisman & Feldman, 2013), reducing…”
BackgroundResultThe neurobiology of mentalizing.
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A distributed network for social cognition enriched for oxytocin receptors
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Oxytocin Modulates Social Distance between Males and Females
Scheele, D., Striepens, N., Güntürkün, O., Deutschländer, S., Maier, W., Kendrick, K. M., & Hurlemann, R. (2012) · The Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1523/jneurosci.2755-12.2012 · Cited by 298 · see citing works
“…support the concept that the behavioral effects of OXT are moderated by contextual factors and personal characteristics such as relationship status (Bartz et al., 2011) and provide the first direct evidence for a behavior-modifying role of OXT in helping to maintain monogamous pair-bonds in humans.”
BackgroundInfluentialJakubiak, B. K., & Feeney, B. C. (2016) · Personality and Social Psychology Review · doi:10.1177/1088868316650307 · Cited by 302 · see citing works
“However, there also has been evidence that the effects of oxytocin are context-dependent, and under some conditions, oxytocin can lead to negative relational behaviors such as gloating (e.g., Bartz et al., 2011; Grillon et al., 2013; Olff et al., 2013; Shamay-Tsoory et al., 2009).”
BackgroundKeltner, D., Kogan, A., Piff, P. K., & Saturn, S. R. (2014) · Annual Review of Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-010213-115054 · Cited by 298 · see citing works
“Traditionally known for their roles in reproduction and homeostasis in a variety of species (Carter et al. 2008), more recent studies have shown their pivotal roles in different manifestations of human prosocial behavior (Bartz et al. 2011, Domes et al. 2007b, Kosfeld et al. 2005).”
BackgroundSwain, J. E., Kim, P., Spicer, J., Ho, S. S., Dayton, C. J., Elmadih, A., & Abel, K. M. (2014) · Brain Research · doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2014.03.007 · Cited by 290 · see citing works
“Therapeutic uses of oxytocin are currently being investigated in other neuropsychiatric disorders associated with poor social cognition, including ASD, OCD and schizophrenia e.g. (Bartz et al., 2011; Macdonald and Feifel, 2013).”
Bethlehem, R. A. I., van Honk, J., Auyeung, B., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2013) · Psychoneuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.10.011 · Cited by 285 · see citing works
“previously, the exact effect OT has on amygdala activation is likely to be task-dependant (Bartz et al., 2011).”
BackgroundResultInfluentialOxytocin-Motivated Ally Selection is Moderated by Fetal Testosterone Exposure and Empathic Concern
Kret, M. E., & Dreu, C. K. W. D. (2013) · Frontiers in Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnins.2013.00001 · Cited by 288 · see citing works
“The finding that acute effects of oxytocin were moderated by individual differences in empathic concern fits with Bartz et al. (2011) who concluded that effects of oxytocin on social cognition and behavior depend on the individual’s chronic predispositions and personality traits.”
Insular cortex mediates approach and avoidance responses to social affective stimuli
Rogers-Carter, M. M., Varela, J. A., Gribbons, K. B., Pierce, A. F., McGoey, M. T., Ritchey, M., & Christianson, J. P. (2018) · Nature Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/s41593-018-0071-y · Cited by 277 · see citing works
“Like social behavior itself, the effects of OT administration on social decision-making are sensitive to situational and interpersonal factors, with OT sometimes producing prosocial effects and at other times anti-social effects 46 ; both were observed after insular OT administration.”
Valstad, M., Alvares, G. A., Egknud, M., Matziorinis, A. M., Andreassen, O. A., Westlye, L. T., & Quintana, D. S. (2017) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.04.017 · Cited by 277 · see citing works
“Endogenous oxytocin levels appear to co-vary with social cognitive function at all levels of information processing in humans and other mammals, with similar observed effects after administration of exogenous oxytocin (Bartz et al., 2011).”
The animal and human neuroendocrinology of social cognition, motivation and behavior
McCall, C., & Singer, T. (2012) · Nature Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/nn.3084 · Cited by 273 · see citing works
Breaking the loop: Oxytocin as a potential treatment for drug addiction
McGregor, I. S., & Bowen, M. T. (2012) · Hormones and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.12.001 · Cited by 268 · see citing works
“Social cognition is thus biased towards positive social cues by oxytocin, although the story is by no means simple (Bartz et al., 2011).”
BackgroundCultural Neuroscience: Biology of the Mind in Cultural Contexts
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“Robert J. Sternberg 1”
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“Context may be important for long-term effects of OT (for example, pairing OT administration with specific environments or social learning tasks) to generate specific effects in humans and animals (81).”
Reward system dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders
Kohls, G., Schulte-Rüther, M., Nehrkorn, B., Müller, K., Fink, G. R., Kamp-Becker, I., Herpertz-Dahlmann, B., Schultz, R. T., & Konrad, K. (2013) · Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience · doi:10.1093/scan/nss033 · Cited by 259 · see citing works
“An increased understanding of the biological mechanisms causing social deficits in ASD can be used to develop therapeutic interventions where, for instance, pharmacological agents (like oxytocin) support social learning via increased reward-based motivation (Bartz et al., 2011).”
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“, envy [15], gloating [15], or aggression [16, 17]), the mediating effects of oxytocin-induced changes in social stimulus processing on social behavior are far more complex than initially thought [18].”
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“Similarly, oxytocin is linked with empathy, theory of mind, and prosocial orientation (13), pointing to its role in the general capacity for collaborative engagement with the social world (6).”
BackgroundNasal oxytocin for social deficits in childhood autism: A randomized controlled trial
Dadds, M. R., MacDonald, E., Cauchi, A., Williams, K., Levy, F., & Brennan, J. (2014) · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · doi:10.1007/s10803-013-1899-3 · Cited by 250 · see citing works
“These and the current data are consistent with a growing awareness that the therapeutic effects of oxytocin may be more specific and contextually grounded than previously thought (Bartz et al. 2011; Guastella and MacLeod 2012).”
ResultSocial Support and Physical Health: Models, Mechanisms, and Opportunities
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“OT can both promote cooperation and increase out-group bias depending on behavioral context (16, 17, 39).”
BackgroundOxytocin facilitates protective responses to aversive social stimuli in males
Striepens, N., Scheele, D., Kendrick, K. M., Becker, B., Schäfer, L., Schwalba, K., Reul, J., Maier, W., & Hurlemann, R. (2012) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1208852109 · Cited by 242 · see citing works
“Whether these mechanisms quintessentially yield positive or negative social outcomes may vary depending on contextual or person-specific characteristics (21).”
BackgroundThe Social Modulation of Pain: Others as Predictive Signals of Salience – a Systematic Review
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“To review such heterogeneous data, and motivated by interactionist accounts of social cognition (e.g., Bartz et al., 2011), we drew a distinction between studies in which social partners were perceived by the participants to be active or to possess possibility for action (see The Social Partner’s…”
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“Notably, a surge of research examining the effect of oxytocin administration on human behavior finds that individual difference factors and social context play an important role in moderating the effect of this hormone on cognitive and behavioral processes (see Bartz et al., 2011 for review).”
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“Oxytocin effects can be sensitive to social contexts, even to increase defensive tendencies (62,63), and individual differences moderate effects (64,65).”
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“The discovery that intranasal administration of neuropeptides an reach the human central nervous system (17) has led to extant esearch demonstrating the involvement of OT in a host of social ehaviors and cognitions (18).”
Kinetics and dose dependency of intranasal oxytocin effects on amygdala reactivity
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“More generally, the person-dependent OXT effects reported here are well in line with previous studies (41,60,62), although the direction of the moderation effect may be domain specific and may vary with baseline responses.”
BackgroundResultClinical and neural effects of six-week administration of oxytocin on core symptoms of autism
Watanabe, T., Kuroda, M., Kuwabara, H., Aoki, Y., Iwashiro, N., Tatsunobu, N., Takao, H., Nippashi, Y., Kawakubo, Y., Kunimatsu, A., et al. (2015) · Brain · doi:10.1093/brain/awv249 · Cited by 222 · see citing works
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“(31) pointed out that the effects of oxytocin seem to be highly person-dependent.”
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Oxytocin promotes social bonding in dogs
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“Despite these findings and theories, few studies have measured endogenous OT levels in conjunction with OT administration (12).”
BackgroundResultThe neurochemistry and social flow of singing: bonding and oxytocin
Keeler, J. R., Roth, E. A., Neuser, B. L., Spitsbergen, J. M., Waters, D. J. M., & Vianney, J.-M. (2015) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnhum.2015.00518 · Cited by 220 · see citing works
“Depending on the context and the individual, it is hypothesized that oxytocin may elicit positive or negative social emotions (Bartz et al., 2011).”
The oxytocin system in drug discovery for autism: Animal models and novel therapeutic strategies
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“The “fine tuning” function of OT corresponds to the often intact pedantic emotion recognition among individuals with social deficits despite impairments in the context of a complex social interaction (Bartz et al., 2011).”
BackgroundOxytocin and social motivation
Gordon, I., Martin, C., Feldman, R., & Leckman, J. F. (2011) · Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience · doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2011.07.007 · Cited by 211 · see citing works
“…context during the course of development There are several comprehensive reviews on this topic that focus either on animal studies, human studies, or both (Barrett and Fleming, 2011; Bartz et al., 2011; Bos et al., 2011; Goodson and Thompson, 2010; Heinrichs et al., 2009; Ross and Young, 2009).”
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Oxytocin receptor genetic variation promotes human trust behavior
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“Frontiers in Human Neuroscience www.frontiersin.org February 2012 | Volume 6 | Article 4 | 4 crucial mediator in the regulation of complex social cognition and behavior (for reviews, see Bartz et al., 2011; Kemp and Guastella, 2011; Meyer-Lindenberg et al., 2011).”
Deconstructing sociality, social evolution and relevant nonapeptide functions
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“…by an increasingly large number of studies (Ferris and Delville, 1994; Thompson and Walton, 2004; Thompson et al., 2006; De Dreu et al., 2010, 2011; Bartz et al., 2011a,b), as summarized in Section 1, and it is quite clear that the relationships between nonapeptides and behavior cannot be…”
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“The power of arterial spin labeling to quantify the effects of IN-OT on brain physiology renders it a promising, noninvasive, in vivo method to investigate the impact of genetic (9,143), epigenetic (126), social-environmental (40), and contextual (144) factors on the baseline function of the OT system.”
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“Similar to the effects of MOR system manipulations, the behavioral effects of oxytocin administration seem to vary across contexts and affective states (Bartz et al., 2011).”
BackgroundOxytocin, the peptide that bonds the sexes also divides them
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“, “fight or flight”) individuals in their environment with negative social attributes (3, 4, 34), and perhaps also by reducing partner conflict (6).”
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“Some individuals have heterogeneous responses to OXT (22,23), which may involve interaction with OXTR genetic polymorphisms (24–27).”
Social “wanting” dysfunction in autism: neurobiological underpinnings and treatment implications
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“Oxytocin is best known for its contribution to numerous social functions in humans and animals, including social recognition, species-specific interactions, attachment, and other pro-social behavior [120,149-151].”
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Meta-analysis of the effects of intranasal oxytocin on interpretation and expression of emotions
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“Recently there has been increasing interest in translating these findings into humans and the effects of intranasal oxytocin on socialemotional function has been widely studied (Bakermans-Kranenburg and van Ijzendoorn, 2013; Bartz et al., 2011; Guastella and MacLeod, 2012; Shahrestani et al., 2013; van Ijzendoorn and…”
Testosterone inhibits trust but promotes reciprocity
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“…a motivation to affiliate or dominate) that alter the basic processing of social challenges, which in turn could produce a wide variety of behavioral effects that could be qualified as either anti- or prosocial, depending on the situational context (see also Bartz et al., 2011; Bos et al., 2012).”
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Oxytocin enhances inter-brain synchrony during social coordination in male adults
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“…oscillation; oxytocin; social coordination 25 Introduction The neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) plays a key role in human social interactions by modulating the underlying cognitive and neural processes (Bartz et al., 2011; Meyer-Lindenberg et al., 2011; Hurlemann and Scheele, 2015; Ma et al., 2016).”
BackgroundReduced plasma oxytocin levels in female patients with borderline personality disorder
Bertsch, K., Schmidinger, I., Neumann, I. D., & Herpertz, S. C. (2013) · Hormones and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.11.013 · Cited by 189 · see citing works
“However, the findings of recent (meta-analytic) reviews suggest that the relationship between oxytocin and social cognition is more complex and might be strongly influenced by contextual effects, such as task difficulty, and individual differences, such as gender or social abilities (Bartz et al., 2011; Van IJendoorn…”
BackgroundInfluentialOxytocin improves behavioural and neural deficits in inferring others’ social emotions in autism
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“Human studies also show a relationship between (intranasal administration of) oxytocin and elements of prosocial behavior (e.g., empathy, trust, generosity), but results to date have been variable and context-specific (Bartz et al., 2011).”
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“AUGMENTATION: CAN OXYTOCIN TREAT ON ITS OWN OR IS IT BETTER SUITED TO AUGMENT OTHER ESTABLISHED TREATMENTS? The discovery of the molecular mechanisms wherein experience becomes written in the nervous system (Kandel and Squire, 1999), and the growing understanding that OT’s effects vary significantly based on context (…”
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“Oxytocin is a neurohormone involved in social behaviors and the development of bonds (Bartz, Zaki, Bolger, & Ochsner, 2011; Insel & Young, 2001).”
- Authors
- Bartz, J. A., Zaki, J., Bolger, N., & Ochsner, K. N.
- Affiliations
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bartz, Jennifer A.
- Venue
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-06
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 301-9
- ISSN
- 1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2061226698
- Cited by
- 1,572
- References
- 117
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- 2026: 24 · 2025: 51 · 2024: 71 · 2023: 59 · 2022: 70 · 2021: 122 · 2020: 117 · 2019: 115 · 2018: 130 · 2017: 144 · 2016: 125 · 2015: 145 · 2014: 131 · 2013: 122 · 2012: 81
- FWCI
- 20.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Keywords
- oxytocin, social cognition, prosocial behavior, sociality, interactionism, context effects, individual differences
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Brain, Cognition Disorders, Humans, Oxytocin, Social Behavior
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