Oxytocin and Sociality

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[@gpalmer456]

Fantastic content! 🎉

[@taylorguthrie4133]

Well done 👏 hadn't heard of the outgroup side of oxytocin and the social salience hypothesis was fascinating! Can't wait to see what kind of other social neuroscience stuff you got coming out next 😉

[@senseofmindshow]

Haha thank you Taylor! Oh there will be some great stuff coming very soon ;)

[@chikaokolo4929]

You clearly did your research. Good work.

[@senseofmindshow]

Thank you for checking it out!

[@bernadetteshiels5240]

Great video. Can you do a video on Conversion disorder? There is very little research done on this subject.

[@senseofmindshow]

Thanks for turning my attention to Conversion Disorder. I had never heard of it before! I'll definitely need to read up on it before I can make a video. Thank you for your suggestion!!

[@janarussell357]

Love this!

[@senseofmindshow]

Thank you for checking it out!!

[@eduardoschmidtpsi]

Eu gosto muito dos seus vídeos,. Gostaria muito que fizesse um vídeo mais longo e aprofundado sobre a neurociência afetiva, em especial os sete afetos fundamentais.

[@Kuffyeyo-HonestWeirdo]

Enjoyed this!!

[@senseofmindshow]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@vickyking6953]

I liked the video. Was wondering if oxytocin has affect on bi-polar people?

[@senseofmindshow]

Hi and thanks so much! I hadn't looked into this until you asked, but from what I can tell, that's an active area of research. One study (listed below) found that oxytocin levels were higher in patients with BD and possibly even higher during a manic episode. Turan 2013 study: (Turan, 2013, openaccess.ahievran.edu.tr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/20.500.12513/3858/tayfunturan.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y) This review about similar topics may be useful for you: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4443696/

[@unabridged2467]

would you be able to go into depth how oxytocin mainly affects the brains of autistics, schizophrenics, and others?

[@senseofmindshow]

I'm not sure I can give you a very deep answer (I haven't studied this question in much detail), but here's what I understand from my reading: In some studies, oxytocin administration has been shown to improve social cognition, emotional recognition, and social interaction in individuals with ASD. But the results are mixed, and not all studies report significant improvements. Similarly, some studies suggest that oxytocin administration might improve social cognition, reduce negative symptoms, and enhance the effectiveness of antipsychotic medications in individuals with schizophrenia. However, the findings are not consistent across studies, and the exact role of oxytocin in schizophrenia remains unclear. ... One theme with oxytocin seems to be that its effects are often subtle and sometimes difficult to pin down precisely.

[@SM-lh2rm]

Great video. Have you looked into neuroscience as it relates to personality typing like ocean or mbti. Understood that mbti is largely debunked, but interesting nonetheless. I am curious how various cognitive set ups interact.

[@senseofmindshow]

Thanks for the suggestion! I admit I haven't looked much into personality neuroscience and I'd love to learn about it. But I have done a little bit of reading on personality psychology regarding the Big Five personality traits.

[@2020Bookworm]

What about autism ?

[@Heligoland360]

There are some theories that low levels of oxytocin or poor receptors for it may be related to autism.

[@MapiaHongkong]

Great

[@Kuffyeyo-HonestWeirdo]

Why do we hate strongest those we used to love the most?

[@EldhoseJoseph]

Attachment. Association. Addiction. When we deeply love something, engrossed in something, for long time, neural pathways becomes stronger and have stronger associations. Thus hate too becomes stronger as our neural association is stronger. This is also why you can create a relatively stronger connection if they r closer to ur identity. We roll as per our wiring!!!

[@Kuffyeyo-HonestWeirdo]

@@EldhoseJoseph thank you! But I was hoping the KZbinr would make a video out of it. Not that I don’t know this ❤️

[@senseofmindshow]

Thank you for the suggestion!

[@Marshadow69]

Very good video - but why show images of bottle feeding while talking about breastfeeding?

[@steelstone4039]

Many people talk about oxytocin and make youtube videos, however, have they actually taken it and then talk about it? People who haven't actually tried it can't say what it does or doesn't.

[@senseofmindshow]

That's an interesting perspective, and I see what you mean. However, I'm not just shooting from the hip and guessing about what oxytocin does. Instead, I'm reporting what I've learned from reading the most up to date scientific studies about how oxytocin affects the human brain and behavior. And as a technical point, even if I had taken exogenous oxytocin, I wouldn't be able to generalize from my experience and say what it does to everyone else's brains.

[@charlesobi3671]

Oxytocin plays differently according to brain makeup & biological sex features. Besides socio-behavioural approaches are difficult to pinpoint to one hormone neurotransmitter as they usually interact with a host of other hormones to predict socio-behavioural actions (coupled with social environmental cues) Do women naturally have higher levels of oxytocin than men? If yes, does this explain why women are more emotional than men? But it is note worthy to learn that Oxytocin plays out differently in men & women . For women it aids in positive social judgement & approach, altruism & kinship & probably fierce protective response to their young ones. But for men, it often triggers negative responses such as spotting competitive relationships, social avoidance & selfishness. Nice video. I love when neuroscience attempts to explain social behaviours. I am now fan.

[@senseofmindshow]

Thanks so much for your thoughts on this! From what I could tell from the literature, it seems like the sex-based differences you mentioned aren't quite so clear cut (e.g. oxytocin seems to make both men and women more prosocial in some settings and more antisocial in others). But you're right that there are some big differences, and that's and active area of research and more studies are needed.

[@unabridged2467]

men are socially conditioned to not show their emotions as much as women, and women being more emotional is just a common sexist trope.

[@theleader...2509]

U r damn relatable man thank u very much...