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For decades, researchers have tried to identify drugs that can decrease the painful feelings associated with social loss, rejection, or isolation. One effort has been to investigate whether the neuropeptide… Click to show full abstract
For decades, researchers have tried to identify drugs that can decrease the painful feelings associated with social loss, rejection, or isolation. One effort has been to investigate whether the neuropeptide oxytocin reduces social pain. In this commentary, I examine intranasal oxytocin's effects on experimentally induced social exclusion. Future recommendations are presented with the goal of spurring new research efforts to elucidate the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the experience of social pain.
Keywords:
pain;
social pain;
catalyze research;
pandemic catalyze;
research social
Journal Title: Biological Psychology
Year Published: 2022
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Journal Title: Biological Psychology
Year Published: 2022
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