Oxytocin increases heart rate variability in humans at rest: implications for social approach-related motivation and capacity for social engagement

Oxytocin (OT) plays a key regulatory role in human social behaviour. While prior studies have examined the effects of OT on observable social behaviours, studies have seldom examined the effects of OT on psychophysiological markers such as heart rate variability (HRV), which provides an index of ind...

Ausführliche Beschreibung