Title |
Implications of Oxytocin in Human Linguistic Cognition: From Genome to Phenome
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Published in |
Frontiers in Neuroscience, June 2016
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DOI | 10.3389/fnins.2016.00271 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Constantina Theofanopoulou |
Abstract |
The neurohormone oxytocin (OXT) has been found to mediate the regulation of complex socioemotional cognition in multiple ways both in humans and other animals. Recent studies have investigated the effects of OXT in different levels of analysis (from genetic to behavioral) chiefly targeting its impact on the social component and only indirectly indicating its implications in other components of our socio-interactive abilities. This article aims at shedding light onto how OXT might be modulating the multimodality that characterizes our higher-order linguistic abilities (vocal-auditory-attentional-memory-social systems). Based on evidence coming from genetic, EEG, fMRI, and behavioral studies, I attempt to establish the promises of this perspective with the goal of stressing the need for neuropeptide treatments to enter clinical practice. |
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