Blocking mu-opioid receptors inhibits social bonding in rituals

被引：26

作者：

Charles, S. J. ^{[1
]}

Farias, M. ^{[1
]}

van Mulukom, V. ^{[1
]}

Saraswati, A. ^{[2
]}

Dein, S. ^{[3
]}

Watts, F. ^{[4
]}

Dunbar, R. I. M. ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Coventry Univ, Ctr Trust Peace & Social Relat, Brain Belief & Behav Lab, Cheetah Rd, Coventry CV1 2TL, W Midlands, England

[2] Tradit Yoga Assoc, Reading RG30 3DW, Berks, England

[3] Queen Mary Univ London, Dept Mental Hlth, London E1 4NS, England

[4] Int Soc Sci & Relig, Cambridge, England

[5] Univ Oxford, Dept Expt Psychol, Oxford, England

来源：

BIOLOGY LETTERS | 2020年 / 16卷 / 10期

关键词：

mu-opioids; social bonding; naltrexone; ritual; ritual bonding; EXTREME RITUALS; PAIN THRESHOLD; SYNCHRONY; NALTREXONE; BRAIN; ATTACHMENT; DOPAMINE; EFFICACY; SCALE;

D O I：

10.1098/rsbl.2020.0485

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Religious rituals are universal human practices that play a seminal role in community bonding. In two experiments, we tested the role of mu-opioids as the active factor fostering social bonding. We used a mu-opioid blocker (naltrexone) in two double-blind studies of rituals from different religious traditions. We found the same effect across both studies, with naltrexone leading to significantly lower social bonding compared with placebo. These studies suggest that mu-opioids play a significant role in experiences of social bonding within ritual contexts.

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