Exploring the role of intra-nasal oxytocin on the partner preference effect in humans.

Abstract:

:Previous studies with prairie voles suggest that the hormone oxytocin is crucial for bond formation - indicated when a partner preference is formed towards the target vole. In this study, we conduct the first empirical test of whether oxytocin likewise promotes partner preferences in humans. Seventy-six undergraduate students received either oxytocin or placebo before being introduced to a male and female persona (via pre-recorded videoclips). One day later, participants were assessed for a partner preference towards the personae: across three situations, participants were asked to choose as company one of the personae they had been introduced to, or an opposite- or same-gendered person they had not been introduced to before; participants were additionally offered a choice to have no company. We found evidence suggesting oxytocin increases preference for persons introduced under the influence of oxytocin; however, this was not targeted at persons of the opposite-gender, and was found in only one aspect of social interaction (finding out more information about the person, but not in choice of company to work with or for a date). Taken together, our findings suggest that oxytocin might not promote human bond formation in ways analogous to prairie voles - that is, by inducing a partner preference effect.

journal_title

Psychoneuroendocrinology

authors

Liu JC,Guastella AJ,Dadds MR

doi

10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.07.009

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-04-01 00:00:00

pages

587-91

issue

4

eissn

0306-4530

issn

1873-3360

pii

S0306-4530(12)00260-0

journal_volume

38

pub_type

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