Oxytocin attenuates trust as a subset of more general reinforcement learning, with altered reward circuit functional connectivity in males
Ide J, Nedic S, Wong K, Strey S, Lawson E, Dickerson B, Wald L, La Camera G, Mujica-Parodi L. Oxytocin attenuates trust as a subset of more general reinforcement learning, with altered reward circuit functional connectivity in males. NeuroImage 2018, 174: 35-43. PMID: 29486321, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.02.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUltra-high field fMRIPre-existing beliefsReinforcement learningBrain encodingGeneral reinforcement learningNeuroeconomic taskIntranasal oxytocinFace of informationField fMRIFeedback learningFMRI activationExperimental paradigmNegative rewardsOrbitofrontal cortexSocial learningReward circuitBehavioral trajectoriesFunctional connectivityConnectivity analysisSocial contextSubjects' behaviorSocial relationshipsBehavioral effectsLearningBayesian expectation