Oxytocin pathways and the evolution of human behavior

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-39

  Carter, C Sue ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Neocortex; Social behavior; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; EMOTION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84890033723     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010213-115110     Document Type: Review

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