ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Oxytocin Changes Value Signals Reflected in Amygdala Activity and Connectivity during Prosocial Learning Under Intergroup Context
- Minhee Yoo
Pusan National University - Sunhae Sul
Pusan National University - Eun Young Kim
Soon Chun Hyang University - Minwoo Lee
Emory University - Kyungok Lim
Seoul National University College of Medicine - Na Young Shin
Kyonggi University - Sung Nyun Kim
Seoul National University College of Medicine - Jun Soo Kwon
Seoul National University College of Medicine - Hackjin Kim
Korea University
Abstract
Here we investigated the influence of oxytocin on brain function underlying processing social values for ingroup and outgroup. Results showed that oxytocin reduced the difference between self, ingroup, and outgroup during prosocial learning by modulating amygdala activity and its functional connectivity with prefrontal cortex (PFC) and salience network.
Cognitive Neuroscience