Oxytocin has been linked to many domains within the realm of “social cognition.” For
example, research has shown that oxytocin affects trusting behavior, cooperation, as well as …

Oxytocin is a nonapeptide that also serves as a neuromodulator in the human central
nervous system. Over the last decade, a sizeable body of literature has examined its effects …

Building on animal research, the past decade has witnessed a surge of interest in the effects
of oxytocin on social cognition and prosocial behavior in humans. This work has generated …

The role of the neuropeptide oxytocin in social cognition and prosocial behavior continues to
fascinate the scientific community (Bartz et al., 2011b). However, as our knowledge of …

Oxytocin is a neuropeptide involved in a wide variety of social behaviors in diverse species.
Recent research on its effects in humans has generated an arresting picture of its role in the …

Social dysfunction is a core symptom of many psychiatric disorders and current medications
have little or no remedial effects on this. Following on from extensive studies on animal …

There has been unprecedented interest in the prosocial effects of the neuropeptide oxytocin
in humans over the last decade. A range of studies has demonstrated correlations between …

Highlights•Oxytocin is well known for its prosocial effects on behavior.•Recent studies have
highlighted antisocial effects in animal and human studies.•Both oxytocin and social …

Among its many roles in body and brain, oxytocin influences social behavior. Understanding
the precise nature of this influence is crucial, both within the broader theoretical context of …

Since the observation that oxytocin has key effects on social decision making, research on
this exciting neuropeptide has doubled in volume: hundreds of studies have pursued the …