ICPS

2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019

Oxytocin Changes Value Signals Reflected in Amygdala Activity and Connectivity during Prosocial Learning Under Intergroup Context

Paris, France · March 2019

Posters · Neuroscience

  • 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

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