Episode 39: Oxytocin and Sociality - Understanding the ‘Love Hormone’

Sense of Mind Podcast Episode 39: Oxytocin and Sociality - Understanding the ‘Love Hormone’ Watch the full video: https://youtu.be/kBbdWVy957E Oxytocin and human sociality are deeply intertwined. In this video, we’ll look at methods to increase oxytocin levels, how oxytocin promotes helpful behaviors toward people we like and hostile behaviors toward those we don’t, the social salience hypothesis of oxytocin, the oxytocin system’s neuroanatomy and the brain regions affected by oxytocin. Find all references on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kBbdWVy957E -- Chapters 00:00 Oxytocin and sociality (overview) 01:38 How to increase oxytocin 03:35 Oxytocin promotes prosocial behaviors of the in-group 05:28 Oxytocin can promote antisocial behaviors against out-groups 07:17 The Social Salience Hypothesis of Oxytocin 08:46 Oxytocin promotes empathy 09:25 The oxytocin system 10:26 Oxytocin affects brain regions involved in empathy and social closeness -- Connect, Follow, Subscribe and Support Sense of Mind! Linktree: https://linktr.ee/senseofmind Support: https://anchor.fm/senseofmind/support Subscribe to the Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC610T-s8gpOVDtAVXTZ35FQ?sub_confirmation=1 Website: www.Senseofmindshow.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/senseofmind/support