Oxytocin: neurophilosophy of human beings’ social and emotional life
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neurophilosophy, hyperscanning, social graphs, chizophrenia, autismAbstract
Affection and sociability have an important organic substrate. New imaging techniques (such as hyperscanning) now allow exploring this substrate in the brain and offer some variables other than those we have had for more than two centuries of research. One of those variables is oxytocin (OXT), the so-called hormone of love, altruism and trust. In this article we present some research projects on this topic, as well as a network outline (graph) based on behaviors of social approach (associated with OXT) and their contrasting behaviors (avoidance, fear or aggression).We also present relations with diseases connected to poor socialization, such as autism and schizophrenia. The social consequences are analyzed in a philosophical context, and then we ask: Is man free to act socially? Finally, we show that currently there is an optimistic atmosphere in the scien-tific and philosophical community.
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