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Oxytocin facilitates accurate perception of competition in men and kinship in women

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Fischer-Shofty, Meytal, Levkovitz, Yechiel, Shamay-Tsoory, Simone G.·2013·Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Abstract

Despite the dominant role of the hormone oxytocin (OT) in social behavior, little is known about the role of OT in the perception of social relationships. Furthermore, it is unclear whether there are sex differences in the way that OT affects social perception. Here, we employed a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover design to investigate the effect of OT on accurate social perception. Following treatment, 62 participants completed the Interpersonal Perception Task, a method of assessing the accuracy of social judgments that requires identification of the relationship between people interacting in real life video clips divided into three categories: kinship, intimacy and competition. The findings suggest that OT had a general effect on improving accurate perception of social interactions. Furthermore, we show that OT also involves sex-specific characteristics. An interaction between treatment, task category and sex indicated that OT had a selective effect on improving kinship recognition in women, but not in men, whereas men's performance was improved following OT only for competition recognition. It is concluded that the gender-specific findings reported here may point to some biosocial differences in the effect of OT which may be expressed in women's tendency for communal and familial social behavior as opposed to men's tendency for competitive social behavior.

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Authors
Fischer-Shofty, M., Levkovitz, Y., & Shamay-Tsoory, S. G.
Affiliations
  • Shalvata Mental Health Center (IL)
  • Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, and 2Shalvata Mental Health Care Center, Hod Hasharon, Israel
Venue
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Published
2012-03-24
Volume
8
Issue
3
Pages
313-317
ISSN
  • 1749-5016 (ISSN-L)
  • 1749-5024
OpenAlex
W2159658410
Cited by
132
References
56
Citations by year
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FWCI
22.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Israel Science Foundation
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
Keywords
oxytocin, social perception, kin recognition, intimacy, sex differences, interpersonal perception
MeSH terms
Adult, Analysis of Variance, Competitive Behavior, Double-Blind Method, Emotions, Family, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Oxytocin, Sex Characteristics, Social Perception, Cross-Over Studies, Recognition, Psychology, Young Adult

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