Oxytocin and social bonding
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Oxytocin is thought to play an important role in social bonding, stress regulation, and mental health. Known also as the “love hormone”, oxytocin is associated with trust, sexual arousal, relationship building, and reproduction. Work in animals has demonstrated that oxytocin induces maternal behaviour and work in humans links oxytocin to parent-infant bonding, thus suggesting that it might be critical for regulating attachment behaviours.
This Collection welcomes research articles from both Psychology and Neuroscience investigating the role of oxytocin in promoting all aspects of social behaviour in both animals and humans.
Editors
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Mariana Pereira, PhD
University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
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James C. Walton, PhD
West Virginia University, USA
Mariana Pereira, PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Mariana Pereira is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. Her research work focuses on understanding the basis of cognitive, motivational, and affective mechanisms of parenting at the circuit, neurochemical, and molecular levels, both under healthy conditions and in the context of maternal neuropsychiatric disorders. Her research utilizes rodent models and a variety of research tools, combining behavioral and pharmacological assays with functional neuroanatomical and in vivo imaging and neurochemical monitoring techniques. Professor Pereira has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2023.
James C. Walton, PhD, West Virginia University, USA
James Walton is a research Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Director of the Rodent Behavior Core at West Virginia University. His research interests include peptidergic control of social behavior, biological rhythms, and sex differences in brains and behavior. Professor Walton has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2023
