Oxytocin is well known for its role in relationships and social cognition and has more
recently been implicated in pain relief and pain perception. Connections between prosocial …

Oxytocin (OT) is a naturally occurring hormone produce by the hypothalamus. While a
growing body of work has focused on the role of OT in modulating human social cognition, a …

Although previous studies have shown that oxytocin attenuates first-hand pain sensitivity,
studies of its effects on empathetic reactions to the observation of others' pain have yielded …

Background This study examined whether intranasal oxytocin enhances the stress-buffering
effects of social support during experimentally induced pain, taking into account the role of …

The last decade has seen a large number of published findings supporting the hypothesis
that intranasally delivered oxytocin (OT) can enhance the processing of social stimuli and …

A large body of animal and human laboratory research has linked social interaction and
support to pain perception, with a possible role for the neuropeptide oxytocin as a …

Intranasal oxytocin exerts wide-ranging effects on socioemotional behavior and is proposed
as a potential therapeutic intervention in psychiatric disorders. However, following intranasal …

Social decision-making requires the ability to balance both the interests of the self and the
interests of others to survive in social environments. Empathy is essential to the regulation of …

Objectives: This study examined whether the administration of intranasal oxytocin was
associated with pain sensitivity, endogenous pain inhibitory capacity, and negative mood …

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 …