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Neuroimaging of human and non-human animal emotion and affect in the context of social relationships

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Zablocki-Thomas, Pauline B., Rogers, Forrest D., Bales, Karen L.·2022·Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
DOI 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.994504PMC PMC9633678
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Long-term relationships are essential for the psychological wellbeing of humans and many animals. Positive emotions and affective experiences (e.g., romantic or platonic love) seem to be closely related to the creation and maintenance of social bonds. When relationships are threatened or terminated, other emotions generally considered to be negative can arise (e.g., jealousy or loneliness). Because humans and animals share (to varying degrees) common evolutionary histories, researchers have attempted to explain the evolution of affect and emotion through the comparative approach. Now brain imaging techniques allow the comparison of the neurobiological substrates of affective states and emotion in human and animal brains using a common methodology. Here, we review brain imaging studies that feature emotions characterized by the context of social bonding. We compare imaging findings associated with affective and emotional states elicited by similar social situations between humans and animal models. We also highlight the role of key neurohormones (i.e., oxytocin, vasopressin, and dopamine) that jointly support the occurrence of socially contextualized emotions and affect across species. In doing so, we seek to explore and clarify if and how humans and animals might similarly experience social emotion and affect in the context of social relationships.

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  • Much of the understanding of neural mechanisms responsible for pair bonding comes from studies in prairie voles.

    “Much of our understanding of neural mechanisms responsible for pair bonding comes from studies in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster), a socially monogamous rodent.”

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    In “Bond creation and maintenance” (page unavailable), the review says most research on the neural substrates of pair-bond formation has been performed in rodents and humans. Its “Lack of studies on females” section discusses neural processes during pair-bond formation in monogamous prairie voles, but the copy does not say that much of the field’s understanding comes specifically from prairie-vole studies. (LLM, conf=0.77)

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Zablocki-Thomas, P. B., Rogers, F. D., & Bales, K. L.
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  • Princeton University (US)
  • University of California, Davis (US)
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Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Frontiers Media SA
Published
2022-10-21
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16
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994504-994504
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1662-5153 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3389/fnbeh.2022.994504
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PMC9633678
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W4306936782
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2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 2
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en
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Funders
National Institutes of Health (HD092055 to KLB)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
Keywords
emotions, affect, social bonding, interpersonal relationships, comparative neurobiology, human-animal comparison, love, jealousy, loneliness, neurohormones, oxytocin, vasopressin, dopamine, evolution of emotions, neuroimaging

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