The oxytocin receptor: from intracellular signaling to behavior

B Jurek, ID Neumann - Physiological reviews, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
The many facets of the oxytocin (OXT) system of the brain and periphery elicited nearly
25,000 publications since 1930 (see, as listed in PubMed), which revealed central roles for …

The neurobiology shaping affective touch: expectation, motivation, and meaning in the multisensory context

DM Ellingsen, S Leknes, G Løseth, J Wessberg… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Inter-individual touch can be a desirable reward that can both relieve negative affect and
evoke strong feelings of pleasure. However, if other sensory cues indicate it is undesirable …

[图书][B] Becoming human: A theory of ontogeny

M Tomasello - 2019 - books.google.com
Winner of the William James Book Award “Magisterial... Makes an impressive argument that
most distinctly human traits are established early in childhood and that the general …

[图书][B] A natural history of human morality

M Tomasello - 2016 - books.google.com
Michael Tomasello offers the most detailed account to date of the evolution of human moral
psychology. Based on experimental data comparing great apes and human children, he …

Topography of social touching depends on emotional bonds between humans

JT Suvilehto, E Glerean, RIM Dunbar… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Nonhuman primates use social touch for maintenance and reinforcement of social
structures, yet the role of social touch in human bonding in different reproductive, affiliative …

Keep calm and cuddle on: social touch as a stress buffer

I Morrison - Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 2016 - Springer
Recent evidence from neurophysiology and human functional neuroimaging has given rise
to the hypothesis that social, affective touch belongs to a distinct category of tactile …

Responses to social and environmental stress are attenuated by strong male bonds in wild macaques

C Young, B Majolo, M Heistermann… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
In humans and obligatory social animals, individuals with weak social ties experience
negative health and fitness consequences. The social buffering hypothesis conceptualizes …

Linking sociality to fitness in primates: a call for mechanisms

J Ostner, O Schülke - Advances in the Study of Behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
Within-group variation in sociality has been linked to correlates of fitness across vertebrates.
Individuals that form strong social bonds with a few partners, or are well integrated into a …

Oxytocin promotes social bonding in dogs

T Romero, M Nagasawa, K Mogi… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Recent evidence suggests that enduring social bonds have fitness benefits. However, very
little is known about the neural circuitry and neurochemistry underlying the formation and …

Touching the social robot PARO reduces pain perception and salivary oxytocin levels

N Geva, F Uzefovsky, S Levy-Tzedek - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Human-human social touch improves mood and alleviates pain. No studies have so far
tested the effect of human-robot emotional touch on experimentally induced pain ratings, on …