ArticleComprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology2021
Love and fear in the times of sickness.
Article in Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Social factors and the neurobiology of pathogen avoidance.Biology letters · 2022Review
- Oxytocin and Related Peptide Hormones: Candidate Anti-Inflammatory Therapy in Early Stages of Sepsis.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- Back to the future of psychoneuroimmunology: Studying inflammation-induced sickness behavior.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2021Review
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
Sickness induced by gastrointestinal malaise or by microbial pathogens is more than a private experience. Sick individuals share their illness within their social environment by communicating their sickness to others. In turn, recipients of the communication respond with appropriate behavioral adaptations. Avoidance of sick individuals and the events associated with their sickness is advantageous for members of the group. However, these responses can conflict with the need for comfort or social support expressed by sick individuals. There is evidence that the relationship between the sick individual and its social environment involves neurobiological mechanisms that are similar to those that mediate social bonding. Despite their commonality the feelings of love and fear/disgust that are associated with the sociality of sickness have thus far been neglected by mainstream affective neuroscience.
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