tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post1252865263560652398..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Can Fathers Have a Maternal Instinct?Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-74616052134600073322018-05-17T12:16:19.586-07:002018-05-17T12:16:19.586-07:00Stuart: We are all for oxytocin, but we should alw...Stuart: We are all for oxytocin, but we should always be skeptical when the research is performed by people who have an ideological agenda.<br /><br />An obvious test would be to compare levels in adoptive mothers to biological mothers to see if it is the pregnancy itself that is triggering changes, or the experience of being responsible for an infant, or some combination. And comparing biological fathers to nonfathers acting as fathers also seems useful.<br /><br />Another test would be to see if it really makes mothers say less effective in disciplining older children, while they're nursing an infant. Or maybe it comes and goes quickly as situations change, and many women seem to be experts at changing emotional stances, moving from comforting babytalk to answering a phone and turning off that part of her brain to deal with an adult situation.<br /><br />Along with David Foster's connection to out-group aggression, this article that also suggests there are negative consequences of oxytocin, making it harder to act constructively in conflict, to "not take things personally."<br />https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130722123206.htm<br />---<br />If a social experience is negative or stressful, the oxytocin activates a part of the brain that intensifies the memory. It also increases the susceptibility to feeling fearful and anxious during stressful events going forward.<br />---Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-9996725703940388662018-05-16T07:20:13.045-07:002018-05-16T07:20:13.045-07:00"Allow me to raise a question: first, is a ma..."Allow me to raise a question: first, is a man who feels an oxytocin rush likely to be as fierce a competitor in the business world or on the battlefield?"<br /><br />Actually, possibly so. There is some suggestion that oxytocin bonds a man more tightly to his in-group and thus can encourage aggression toward an out-group. <br /><br />http://texan99.blogspot.com/2010/06/oxytocin-meanie-hormone.html<br /><br />...not clear whether oxytocin bonding with a child would be transferrable, though. Probably not.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.com