Social Feedback During Sensorimotor Synchronization Changes Salivary Oxytocin and Behavioral States.

ABSTRACT: In humans and animal models, oxytocin increases social closeness, attachment and prosocial behaviors, while decreasing anxiety and stress levels. Efficiently triggering the release of endogenous oxytocin could serve as a powerful therapeutic intervention for disorders of social behavior and for anxiety. We designed a new version of a social sensorimotor synchronization task to investigate the role of social approval in inducing biochemical and psychological changes following behavioral synchrony in a sample of 80 college students. Social approval in the form of real time positive feedback increased well-being only in women, while increasing social closeness in both genders. Social disapproval in the form of real time negative feedback prevented a decrease in stress levels that otherwise wo

SUBMITTER: Papasteri CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7538614 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature