Intranasal oxytocin enhances approach-related EEG frontal alpha asymmetry during engagement of direct eye contact.

ABSTRACT: The neuropeptide oxytocin is suggested to play a major role in a variety of complex human behaviours, including interpersonal bonding, trust and attachment. Recent theories have suggested that the role oxytocin plays in these complex social behaviours involves a modulation of motivational tendencies of approach-/avoidance-related behaviours. However, to date, direct neurophysiological evidence supporting this notion is limited. In this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study with parallel design, we assessed the effects of administered intranasal oxytocin in 40 adult men on gaze behaviour and a neural marker of approach/avoidance motivational tendencies. Specifically, electroencephalography recordings were performed during the engagement of eye contact with a live model in a nat

SUBMITTER: Soriano JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7475692 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature