How the brain codes intimacy: The neurobiological substrates of romantic touch

Humans belong to a minority of mammalian species that exhibit monogamous pair‐bonds, thereby enabling biparental care of offspring. The high reward value of interpersonal closeness and touch in couples is a key proximate mechanism facilitating the maintenance of enduring romantic bonds. However, sur...

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Published in:	Human brain mapping Vol. 38; no. 9; pp. 4525 - 4534
Main Authors:	Kreuder, Ann‐Kathrin, Scheele, Dirk, Wassermann, Lea, Wollseifer, Michael, Stoffel‐Wagner, Birgit, Lee, Mary R., Hennig, Juergen, Maier, Wolfgang, Hurlemann, René
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2017 John Wiley and Sons Inc
Subjects:	Administration, Intranasal Adult Animal behavior Brain Brain - diagnostic imaging Brain - drug effects Brain - physiology Brain Mapping Cortex (cingulate) Double-Blind Method Female fidelity fMRI Functional magnetic resonance imaging Humans Hypothalamus Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Neurobiology Neuroimaging Nuclei Nucleus accumbens Offspring Oxytocin Oxytocin - administration & dosage pair‐bonding Pharmacology Programmable logic controllers Psychotropic Drugs - administration & dosage Reinforcement Sexual Behavior Sexual Partners - psychology Social Perception Substrates Touch Touch Perception - drug effects Touch Perception - physiology fMRI touch oxytocin fidelity pair-bonding
ISSN:	1065-9471, 1097-0193, 1097-0193
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