Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada.
Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2013 Feb;37(2):123-32. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.11.007. Epub 2012 Nov 23.
Humans are intensely social animals, and healthy social relationships are vital for proper mental health (see Lim and Young, 2006). By using animal models, the behavior, mental, and physiological processes of humans can be understood at a level that cannot be attained by studying human behavior and the human brain alone. The goals of this review are threefold. First, we define affiliative social behavior and describe the primary relationship types in which affiliative relationships are most readily observed--the mother-infant bond and pair-bonding. Second, we summarize neurophysiological studies that have investigated the role of neurohypophyseal nanopeptides (oxytocin and vasopressin) and the catecholamine dopamine in regulating affiliative social behavior and the implications of said research for our understanding of human social behavior. Finally, we discuss the merits and limitations of the using a comparative approach to enhance our understanding of the mechanisms underlying human affiliative social behavior.
人类是高度社会化的动物，健康的社交关系对心理健康至关重要（见 Lim 和 Young，2006）。通过使用动物模型，可以在仅研究人类行为和人类大脑无法达到的水平上了解人类的行为、心理和生理过程。本综述的目的有三。首先，我们定义了亲和性行为，并描述了最容易观察到亲和关系的主要关系类型——母婴纽带和配对结合。其次，我们总结了神经生理学研究，这些研究调查了神经垂体纳米肽（催产素和血管升压素）和儿茶酚胺多巴胺在调节亲和性行为中的作用，以及这些研究对我们理解人类社交行为的意义。最后，我们讨论了使用比较方法来增强我们对人类亲和性行为机制的理解的优点和局限性。
