Oxytocin administration to parent enhances infant physiological and behavioral readiness for social engagement

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 982-989

  Weisman, Omri ^a   Zagoory Sharon, Orna ^a   Feldman, Ruth ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cardiac vagal tone; double blind studies; human social affiliation; oxytocin; oxytocin administration; parent infant bonding; parent infant interaction

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FATHER; FOLLOW UP; GAZE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SALIVA LEVEL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OXYTOCIN; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869087205     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.06.011     Document Type: Article

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