Oxytocin attenuates feelings of hostility depending on emotional context and individuals' characteristics

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論文

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Hirosawa, Tetsu ; Kikuchi, Mitsuru ; Higashida, Haruhiro ; Okumura, Eiichi ; Ueno, Sanae ; Shitamichi, Kiyomi ; Yoshimura, Yuko ; Munesue, Toshio ; Tsubokawa, Tsunehisa ; Haruta, Yasuhiro ; Nakatani, Hideo ; Hashimoto, Takanori ; Minabe, Yoshio

言語:

英語

出版情報:

Nature Publishing Group, 2012-01-01

著者名:

Hirosawa, Tetsu

Kikuchi, Mitsuru

Higashida, Haruhiro

Okumura, Eiichi

Ueno, Sanae

Shitamichi, Kiyomi

Yoshimura, Yuko

Munesue, Toshio

Tsubokawa, Tsunehisa

Haruta, Yasuhiro

Nakatani, Hideo

Hashimoto, Takanori

Minabe, Yoshio

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掲載情報:

Scientific Reports

ISSN:

2045-2322      

巻:

2

開始ページ:

384

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publisher

概要:

In humans, oxytocin (OT) enhances prosocial behaviour. However, it is still unclear how the prosocial effects of OT are modulated by emotional features and/or individuals' characteristics. In a placebo-controlled design, we tested 20 healthy male volunteers to investigate these behavioural and neurophysiological modulations using magnetoencephalography. As an index of the individuals' characteristics, we used the empathy quotient (EQ), the autism … spectrum quotient (AQ), and the systemising quotient (SQ). Only during the perception of another person's angry face was a higher SQ a significant predictor of OT-induced prosocial change, both in the behavioural and neurophysiological indicators. In addition, a lower EQ was only a significant predictor of OT-induced prosocial changes in the neurophysiological indicators during the perception of angry faces. Both on the behavioural and the neurophysiological level, the effects of OT were specific for anger and correlated with a higher SQ. 続きを見る

URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/2297/45826