Social vocalizations can release oxytocin in humans

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1694, 2010, Pages 2661-2666

  Seltzer, Leslie J ^a   Ziegler, Toni E ^b   Pollak, Seth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Female; Oxytocin; Social bonding; Stress; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CONSPECIFIC; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956935940     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0567     Document Type: Conference Paper

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