Maternal Oxytocin Responsiveness Improves Specificity of Positive Social Memory Recall

Oxytocin is related to attachment and emotional well-being. Converging evidence indicates that baseline oxytocin and increased oxytocin after child –parent interaction reflect sensitive and caring parental behaviours (Feldman et al., 2010). Subsequent research has shown that increased oxytocin after social interaction is more important than baseline oxytocin in explaining the role of oxytocin in the social behaviours and social memory of pare nts (Feldman et al., 2010). In addition, the administration of nasal oxytocin spray reverses the behavioural signs of depression, such as social submissiveness (c.f.

Source: Psychoneuroendocrinology - August 19, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Wai S. Tse, Angela F.Y. Siu, Qian Zhang, H.Y. Edwin Chan Source Type: research