Effects of isotocin on social responses in a cooperatively breeding fish

Oxytocin and its nonmammalian homologues play an important role in modulating a diverse array of social behaviours. Recently, it has been suggested that one of the key functions of oxytocin is to direct attention towards socially relevant stimuli, increase social motivation and guide social decision making. Here, we test whether an exogenous increase in isotocin (the teleost homologue of oxytocin) increases the response to social information in …