Social feelings have conceptual and empirical connections with affect and emotion. In this
review, we discuss how they relate to cognition, emotion, behavior and well-being. We …

Human aggression typologies largely correspond with those for other animals. While there
may be no non-human equivalent of angry reactive aggression, we propose that human …

Oxytocin (OXT) and arginine-vasopressin (AVP) play a key regulatory part in social and
affiliative behaviors; two aspects highly compromised in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) …

Comparative research on arvicoline rodents has provided important insights into the
neurobiological basis of social bonds. Within the last two decades, the prairie vole (Microtus …

Over a lifetime, humans build relationships with family, friends, and partners that are critically
important for our mental and physical health. Unlike commonly used laboratory mice and …

Arginine vasopressin (AVP) is a neurohypophysial hormone that coordinatively regulates
central socio-emotional behavior and peripheral control of antidiuretic fluid homeostasis …

Formation of long-term pair-bonds is a complex process, involving multiple neural circuits
and is context-and experience-dependent. While laboratory studies using prairie voles have …

Parenting induces many neurological and behavioral changes that enable parents to rear
offspring. Vasopressin plays an important role in this process via its effects on cognition …

Vasopressin is a ubiquitous molecule playing an important role in a wide range of
physiological processes thereby implicated in the pathomechanism of many disorders. Its …

Empathy is a complex phenomenon critical for group survival and societal bonds. In
addition, there is mounting evidence demonstrating empathic behaviors are dysregulated in …