WHAT MAKES US BOND? The deep biology of love. Oxytocin and the Vagus Nerve. Sue Carter/Amelia Barili
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What is the chemistry of love? How can we learn to work with our emotions to feel more at ease and connect? Did you know that your molecules influence your emotions and are influenced by them? For example, have you heard about oxytocin, generally known as the "cuddle hormone" or the "love hormone" ?
In this video, the first of a series, we dialogue with Sue Carter, internationally recognized expert on oxytocin, a crucial molecule in our development as human beings capable of loving, bonding and nurturing.
Some of the questions we explore are What triggers the release of oxytocin? How does it make you feel? Do men and women experience oxytocin differently? How does it promote attachment, and influence behavior? What was the role of oxytocin in our evolution from our reptilian forebears to a more nurturing and pro-social species that can express love and caring in many ways? How was oxytocin discovered? How does it impact mood? How does it affect the brain? What is it relation to the vagus nerve, and to coming back into inner balance or homeostasis, through our relationships?
How can we naturally increase oxytocin?
Dr. Sue Carter is a Distinguished University Scientist and Rudy Professor Emerita of Biology at Indiana University. A career biologist, Sue has studied the endocrinology of love and social bonds for more than three decades. She was the first person to detect and define the physiology of monogamy through her research on the prairie vole. These findings helped lay the foundation for the studies of behavioral and developmental effects of oxytocin and vasopressin in humans. Sue served as Executive Director of the Kinsey Institute from 2014-2019.
Sue also has a long-standing concern regarding the consequences of medical manipulations for human development and parent-child interactions, including the use of “pitocin” – a synthetic version of oxytocin – to induce labor and consequences of breastfeeding for the mother and child. Most recently she has been examining the role of oxytocin and vasopressin in mental disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, anxiety and depression. She is also known for research on the physiological basis of social behavior, including studies that implicated oxytocin, vasopressin and hormones of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (“stress”) axis in the traits of monogamy including pair-bond formation.
Dr. Amelia Barili is a Chancellor’s Award for Public Service professor Emerita from UC Berkeley and faculty at the UCB Osher Lifefong Learning Institute where she teaches a course on “Meditation, Volunteering and Positive Neuroplasticity”. Amelia received a fellowship in 2005 to research the basis of neurobiology and affect in cognitive processes. The results of that research are summarized in her article “Learning to Learn: Neurobiology and Cognitive Science as Bases of Autonomous Learning” published in 2007.
Amelia is a pioneer at bringing meditation and experiential learning into academic environments. Her approach is based on bridging links between the campus and the community for the personal and emotional development of both undergrads and older adults, while serving underrepresented communities. Examples of that multidisciplinary, multicultural and intergenerational approach are her courses on “Volunteering and Global Education”; “Each One Helps One: Neuroplasticity in Action” and “Meditation, Volunteering and Positive Neuroplasticity”.
A long-time meditator and student of ancient wisdom traditions, Amelia received her diploma in Yoga Therapy and Philosophy, 1972, at Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute, India. She has also studied Medical Taoist Qigong with old Chinese masters and has taught Integrating Yoga and Qigong at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery for many years. A pioneer at integrating both wisdom traditions, she is also an award-winning faculty at UC Berkeley and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, where she teaches youth and older adults a systematic mindfulness, heartfulness and bodyfulness approach for personal and community transformation.
To learn more about Amelia Barili's work, please visit
https://ameliabarili.com/
In this video, the first of a series, we dialogue with Sue Carter, internationally recognized expert on oxytocin, a crucial molecule in our development as human beings capable of loving, bonding and nurturing.
Some of the questions we explore are What triggers the release of oxytocin? How does it make you feel? Do men and women experience oxytocin differently? How does it promote attachment, and influence behavior? What was the role of oxytocin in our evolution from our reptilian forebears to a more nurturing and pro-social species that can express love and caring in many ways? How was oxytocin discovered? How does it impact mood? How does it affect the brain? What is it relation to the vagus nerve, and to coming back into inner balance or homeostasis, through our relationships?
How can we naturally increase oxytocin?
Dr. Sue Carter is a Distinguished University Scientist and Rudy Professor Emerita of Biology at Indiana University. A career biologist, Sue has studied the endocrinology of love and social bonds for more than three decades. She was the first person to detect and define the physiology of monogamy through her research on the prairie vole. These findings helped lay the foundation for the studies of behavioral and developmental effects of oxytocin and vasopressin in humans. Sue served as Executive Director of the Kinsey Institute from 2014-2019.
Sue also has a long-standing concern regarding the consequences of medical manipulations for human development and parent-child interactions, including the use of “pitocin” – a synthetic version of oxytocin – to induce labor and consequences of breastfeeding for the mother and child. Most recently she has been examining the role of oxytocin and vasopressin in mental disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, anxiety and depression. She is also known for research on the physiological basis of social behavior, including studies that implicated oxytocin, vasopressin and hormones of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (“stress”) axis in the traits of monogamy including pair-bond formation.
Dr. Amelia Barili is a Chancellor’s Award for Public Service professor Emerita from UC Berkeley and faculty at the UCB Osher Lifefong Learning Institute where she teaches a course on “Meditation, Volunteering and Positive Neuroplasticity”. Amelia received a fellowship in 2005 to research the basis of neurobiology and affect in cognitive processes. The results of that research are summarized in her article “Learning to Learn: Neurobiology and Cognitive Science as Bases of Autonomous Learning” published in 2007.
Amelia is a pioneer at bringing meditation and experiential learning into academic environments. Her approach is based on bridging links between the campus and the community for the personal and emotional development of both undergrads and older adults, while serving underrepresented communities. Examples of that multidisciplinary, multicultural and intergenerational approach are her courses on “Volunteering and Global Education”; “Each One Helps One: Neuroplasticity in Action” and “Meditation, Volunteering and Positive Neuroplasticity”.
A long-time meditator and student of ancient wisdom traditions, Amelia received her diploma in Yoga Therapy and Philosophy, 1972, at Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute, India. She has also studied Medical Taoist Qigong with old Chinese masters and has taught Integrating Yoga and Qigong at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery for many years. A pioneer at integrating both wisdom traditions, she is also an award-winning faculty at UC Berkeley and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, where she teaches youth and older adults a systematic mindfulness, heartfulness and bodyfulness approach for personal and community transformation.
To learn more about Amelia Barili's work, please visit
https://ameliabarili.com/
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