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

Niels Chr Hansen, Peter E. Keller

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere75
Number of pages4
JournalThe Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume44
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Sept 2021

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