Oxytocin as an allostatic agent in the social bonding effects of music

TY - JOUR

T1 - Oxytocin as an allostatic agent in the social bonding effects of music

AU - Hansen, Niels Chr

AU - Keller, Peter E.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press.

PY - 2021/9/30

Y1 - 2021/9/30

N2 - Despite acknowledging that musicality evolved to serve multiple adaptive functions in human evolution, Savage et al. promote social bonding to an overarching super-function. Yet, no unifying neurobiological framework is offered. We propose that oxytocin constitutes a socio-allostatic agent whose modulation of sensing, learning, prediction, and behavioral responses with reference to the physical and social environment facilitates music's social bonding effects.

AB - Despite acknowledging that musicality evolved to serve multiple adaptive functions in human evolution, Savage et al. promote social bonding to an overarching super-function. Yet, no unifying neurobiological framework is offered. We propose that oxytocin constitutes a socio-allostatic agent whose modulation of sensing, learning, prediction, and behavioral responses with reference to the physical and social environment facilitates music's social bonding effects.

KW - HUMANS

KW - PERIPHERAL OXYTOCIN

KW - Learning

KW - Oxytocin

KW - Humans

KW - Music

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85116407906&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X20001235

DO - 10.1017/S0140525X20001235

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 34588045

AN - SCOPUS:85116407906

SN - 0140-525X

VL - 44

SP - 61

EP - 64

JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences

JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences

M1 - 75

ER -