Salivary Oxytocin Concentration Changes during a Group Drumming Intervention for Maltreated School Children

Yuhi, Teruko; Kyuta, Hiroaki; Mori, Hisa-aki; Murakami, Chihiro; Furuhara, Kazumi; Okuno, Mari; Takahashi, Masaki; Fuji, Daikei; Higashida, Haruhiro

doi:10.20944/preprints201711.0061.v1

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“…Indeed, our detected OT concentration range is one digit higher than that reported by other studies [ 15 , 39 , 40 ]. However, since we have detected the relative change in salivary OT in the context of physical interaction and/or in social interaction [ 32 , 34 , 41 ], although the values may not be reflecting the absolute physiological value of free OT, the relative change in monitored values are likely to be comparable.…”

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Participatory Art Activities Increase Salivary Oxytocin Secretion of ASD Children

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) occurs in 1 in 160 children worldwide. Individuals with ASD tend to be unique in the way that they comprehend themselves and others, as well as in the way that they interact and socialize, which can lead to challenges with social adaptation. There is currently no medication to improve the social deficit of children with ASD, and consequently, behavioral and complementary/alternative intervention plays an important role. In the present pilot study, we focused on the neuroendocrinological response to participatory art activities, which are known to have a positive effect on emotion, self-expression, sociability, and physical wellbeing. We collected saliva from 12 children with ASD and eight typically developed (TD) children before and after a visual art-based participatory art workshop to measure the levels of oxytocin, a neuropeptide involved in a wide range of social behaviors. We demonstrated that the rate of increase in salivary oxytocin following art activities in ASD children was significantly higher than that in TD children. In contrast, the change rate of salivary cortisol after participatory art activities was similar between the two groups. These results suggest that the beneficial effects of participatory art activities may be partially mediated by oxytocin release, and may have therapeutic potential for disorders involving social dysfunction.

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“…Moreover, therapeutic interventions that consisted of group drumming sessions were found to result in increased oxytocin levels and well-being in maltreated children (aged 8-12 years, Yuhi et al, 2017). Conversely, intranasally administered oxytocin increases interpersonal rhythmic synchronization (Gebauer et al, 2014).…”

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The natural history of musical rhythm: functional and mechanistic theories on the evolution of human rhythm cognition and the relevance of rhythmic animal behaviors

Sauciuc¹,

Persson²,

Madsen³

2021

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There has recently been a growing interest to investigate rhythm cognition in nonhuman animals as a way of tracking the evolutionary origins of human musicality - i.e., the ability to perceive, enjoy and produce music. During the last two decades, there has been an explosion of theoretical proposals aimed at explaining why and how humans have evolved into musical beings, and the empirical comparative research has also gained momentum. In this paper, we focus on the rhythmic component of musicality, and review functional and mechanistic theoretical proposals on abilities regarded as prerequisites for perceiving and producing rhythmic structures similar to those encountered in music. For each theoretical proposal we also review supporting and contradictory empirical findings. To acknowledge that the evolutionary study of musicality requires an interdisciplinary approach, our review strives to cover perspectives and findings from as many disciplines as possible. We conclude with a research agenda that highlights relevant, yet thus far neglected topics in the comparative and evolutionary study of rhythm cognition. Specifically, we call for a widened research focus that will include additional rhythmic abilities besides entrainment, additional channels of perception and production besides the auditory and vocal ones, and a systematic focus on the functional contexts in which rhythmic signals spontaneously occur. With this expanded focus, and drawing from systematic observation and experimentation anchored in multiple disciplines, animal research is bound to generate many important insights into the adaptive pressures that forged the component abilities of human rhythm cognition and their (socio-)cognitive and (neuro-)biological underpinnings.

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Infant Stimulation Induced a Rapid Increase in Maternal Salivary Oxytocin

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Oxytocin (OT) is a neuropeptide involved in human social behaviors and reproduction. Non-invasive OT levels in saliva have recently roused interest as it does not require a specialized medical setting. Here, we observed one woman’s basal serum and saliva OT from pregnancy to 1 year postpartum to track OT concentration changes over this period. We examined the changes in salivary OT levels over time in response to maternal physiological and behavioral responses. The fluctuation of saliva OT levels is well correlated with serum OT during pregnancy and breastfeeding. However, while salivary OT increased rapidly during direct interaction (social interaction tests) with the infant and/or when the mother was watching her own infant’s video (video tests), no increase was observed in serum. We used social interaction and video tests on a group of mothers (nine mothers for social interaction and six for the video test) to clarify these single-subject results. In both tests, the mothers had increased OT in their saliva but not serum. Our study may suggest that salivary samples reflect not only the physical but also the emotional state and that saliva samples may be useful for monitoring women’s OT levels during pre- and postpartum periods. Further studies with larger sample numbers are necessary to confirm the rapid changes in salivary OT levels in response to maternal physiological and behavioral responses.

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Salivary Oxytocin Concentration Changes during a Group Drumming Intervention for Maltreated School Children

Cited by 5 publications

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Participatory Art Activities Increase Salivary Oxytocin Secretion of ASD Children

Participatory Art Activities Increase Salivary Oxytocin Secretion of ASD Children

The natural history of musical rhythm: functional and mechanistic theories on the evolution of human rhythm cognition and the relevance of rhythmic animal behaviors

Infant Stimulation Induced a Rapid Increase in Maternal Salivary Oxytocin

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