ChristianKl comments on The Mr. Hyde of Oxytocin - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 10 May 2015 04:00:17PM 1 point [-]

Oxytocin redirects more attentional resources towards noticing social stimuli.

What are "attentional resources"?

Comment author: theowl 10 May 2015 07:56:30PM 1 point [-]

A brain can only focus on so many things at one time. Attention is considered a resource. Thus oxytocin promotes paying more attention to people's facial expressions rather than other things happening around there.

Comment author: ChristianKl 10 May 2015 08:43:20PM 1 point [-]

rather than other things happening around there.

Which other things get less "attention"? Are there studies for this?