A critical review of the influence of oxytocin nasal spray on social cognition in humans: evidence and future directions

AJ Graustella, C MacLeod - Hormones and behavior, 2012 - Elsevier
The past eight years of research has demonstrated that oxytocin nasal spray has a
significant impact on human social cognition. The aim of this review is to provide critical …

Statistical and methodological considerations for the interpretation of intranasal oxytocin studies

H Walum, ID Waldman, LJ Young - Biological psychiatry, 2016 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, oxytocin (OT) has received focus in numerous studies associating
intranasal administration of this peptide with various aspects of human social behavior …

Modulating social behavior with oxytocin: how does it work? What does it mean?

PS Churchland, P Winkielman - Hormones and behavior, 2012 - Elsevier
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 …

Selective influences of oxytocin on the evaluative processing of social stimuli

GJ Norman, JT Cacioppo, JS Morris… - Journal of …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The neuropeptide oxytocin has been implicated in a wide range of social processes, such as
pair bonding, affiliation, and social judgments that may contribute to normal adjustment and …

In the nose or on the tongue? Contrasting motivational effects of oral and intranasal oxytocin on arousal and reward during social processing

J Kou, C Lan, Y Zhang, Q Wang, F Zhou, Z Zhao… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Intranasal oxytocin exerts wide-ranging effects on socioemotional behavior and is proposed
as a potential therapeutic intervention in psychiatric disorders. However, following intranasal …

Gender moderates the effect of oxytocin on social judgments

EA Hoge, E Anderson, EA Lawson… - Human …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The neuropeptide oxytocin is implicated in social processing, and recent research
has begun to explore how gender relates to the reported effects. This study examined the …

Oxytocin selectively moderates negative cognitive appraisals in high trait anxious males

GA Alvares, NTM Chen, BW Balleine, IB Hickie… - …, 2012 - Elsevier
The mammalian neuropeptide oxytocin has well-characterized effects in facilitating prosocial
and affiliative behavior. Additionally, oxytocin decreases physiological and behavioral …

Effects of intranasal administration of oxytocin and vasopressin on social cognition and potential routes and mechanisms of action

S Yao, KM Kendrick - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Acute and chronic administration of intranasal oxytocin and vasopressin have been
extensively utilized in both animal models and human preclinical and clinical studies over …

Social effects of oxytocin in humans: context and person matter

JA Bartz, J Zaki, N Bolger, KN Ochsner - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2011 - cell.com
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 …

Do delivery routes of intranasally administered oxytocin account for observed effects on social cognition and behavior? A two-level model

DS Quintana, GA Alvares, IB Hickie… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Accumulating evidence demonstrates the important role of oxytocin (OT) in the modulation of
social cognition and behavior. This has led many to suggest that the intranasal …