Oxytocin Facilitates Empathic- and Self-embarrassment Ratings by Attenuating Amygdala and Anterior Insula Responses

The hypothalamic neuropeptide oxytocin has been reported to enhance emotional empathy in association with reduced amygdala activation, although to date studies have not investigated empathy for individuals expressing self-conscious, moral emotions which engage mentalizing as well as emotion processi...

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Published in:Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
Main Authors: Geng, YaYuan, Zhao, Weihua, Zhou, Feng, Ma, Xiaole, Yao, Shuxia, Becker, Benjamin, Kendrick, Keith M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Endocrinology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6190868/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30356869
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2018.00572
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