Developmental changes in social attention and oxytocin levels in infants and children

Abstract Oxytocin (OT) signalling represents one of the most critical systems involved in human social behaviour. Although several studies have examined the relationship between social functioning and peripheral OT levels, the association between OT and the development of social attention has not be...

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Autores principales:	Minaho Nishizato, Takashi X. Fujisawa, Hirotaka Kosaka, Akemi Tomoda
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c59f00f4301f49c393529fa1fe9b32ef2021-12-02T16:06:26ZDevelopmental changes in social attention and oxytocin levels in infants and children10.1038/s41598-017-02368-x2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/c59f00f4301f49c393529fa1fe9b32ef2017-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02368-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Oxytocin (OT) signalling represents one of the most critical systems involved in human social behaviour. Although several studies have examined the relationship between social functioning and peripheral OT levels, the association between OT and the development of social attention has not been well studied. Therefore, we investigated the developmental relationship between gaze fixation for social cues and OT levels during young childhood. We examined visual attention using an eye tracking system in infants and children (5–90 months of age) and measured the concentration of OT in saliva samples. We observed a negative association between age and both attention toward social cues and salivary OT levels, and a positive association between age and attention for non-social cues. We also observed that salivary OT levels were modulated by polymorphisms in oxytocin receptor (OXTR) rs53576. Our results suggest that there is an age-dependent association between visual attention for social cues and OT levels in infants and children, and that the development of visual attention to the eyes as social cues is associated with both OXTR polymorphisms and OT levels. Such findings indicate that OT and OXTR status may provide insight into the atypical development of social attention in infants and young children.Minaho NishizatoTakashi X. FujisawaHirotaka KosakaAkemi TomodaNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Minaho Nishizato Takashi X. Fujisawa Hirotaka Kosaka Akemi Tomoda Developmental changes in social attention and oxytocin levels in infants and children
description	Abstract Oxytocin (OT) signalling represents one of the most critical systems involved in human social behaviour. Although several studies have examined the relationship between social functioning and peripheral OT levels, the association between OT and the development of social attention has not been well studied. Therefore, we investigated the developmental relationship between gaze fixation for social cues and OT levels during young childhood. We examined visual attention using an eye tracking system in infants and children (5–90 months of age) and measured the concentration of OT in saliva samples. We observed a negative association between age and both attention toward social cues and salivary OT levels, and a positive association between age and attention for non-social cues. We also observed that salivary OT levels were modulated by polymorphisms in oxytocin receptor (OXTR) rs53576. Our results suggest that there is an age-dependent association between visual attention for social cues and OT levels in infants and children, and that the development of visual attention to the eyes as social cues is associated with both OXTR polymorphisms and OT levels. Such findings indicate that OT and OXTR status may provide insight into the atypical development of social attention in infants and young children.
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author	Minaho Nishizato Takashi X. Fujisawa Hirotaka Kosaka Akemi Tomoda
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title	Developmental changes in social attention and oxytocin levels in infants and children
title_short	Developmental changes in social attention and oxytocin levels in infants and children
title_full	Developmental changes in social attention and oxytocin levels in infants and children
title_fullStr	Developmental changes in social attention and oxytocin levels in infants and children
title_full_unstemmed	Developmental changes in social attention and oxytocin levels in infants and children
title_sort	developmental changes in social attention and oxytocin levels in infants and children
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/c59f00f4301f49c393529fa1fe9b32ef
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Developmental changes in social attention and oxytocin levels in infants and children

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