PRIORITY COMMUNICATION Oxytocin Administration to Parent Enhances Infant Physiological and Behavioral Readiness for Social Engagement
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Background: The social milieu provides the context for the organism’s survival, endurance, and adaptation. In mammals, social participation originates within the parent-infant bond and is supported by the oxytocin (OT) system, whose functioning is transmitted from parent to child through patterns of parental care. Human studies indicate that OT administration increases affiliative behavior, including trust, empathy, and social reciprocity. Here, we examine whether OT administration to parent can enhance physiological and behavioral processes that support parental social engagement but, moreover, can have parallel effects on the infant.
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Oxytocin administration to parent enhances infant physiological and behavioral readiness for social engagement.
BACKGROUND The social milieu provides the context for the organism's survival, endurance, and adaptation. In mammals, social participation originates within the parent-infant bond and is supported by the oxytocin (OT) system, whose functioning is transmitted from parent to child through patterns of parental care. Human studies indicate that OT administration increases affiliative behavior, incl...
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