Endogenous oxytocin, cortisol, and testosterone in response to group singing.

ABSTRACT: Humans have sung together for thousands of years. Today, regular participation in group singing is associated with benefits across psychological and biological dimensions of human health. Here we examine the hypothesis that a portion of these benefits stem from changes in endocrine activity associated with affiliation and social bonding. Working with a young adult choir (n = 71), we measured changes salivary concentrations of oxytocin, cortisol, and testosterone from before and after four experimental conditions crossing two factors: vocal production mode (singing vs. speaking) and social context (together vs. alone). Salivary oxytocin and cortisol decreased from before to after the experimental manipulations. For oxytocin the magnitude of this decrease was significantly smaller after sing

SUBMITTER: Bowling DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8915780 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature