The neuropeptides vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OT) and their receptors in the brain are
involved in the regulation of various social behaviors and have emerged as drug targets for …

Humans live in, rely on, and contribute to groups. Evolution may have biologically prepared
them to quickly identify others as belonging to the in-group (vs. not), to decode emotional …

Childhood is the time when we forge our first social bonds, first learn how to express and
read basic human emotions, and first make sense of the physical world. In childhood …

The possibility to improve socio-emotional behaviors in humans by intranasal administration
of synthetic oxytocin (OXT) attracts increasing attention, but its uptake into the brain has …

Research on the neurobiological and behavioral effects of oxytocin (OT), as well as on its
possible therapeutic applications, has intensified in the past decade. Accurate determination …

The popularity of oxytocin (OT) has grown exponentially during the past decade, and so has
the number of OT trials in healthy and clinical groups. We take stock of the evidence from …

Following intranasal administration of oxytocin (OT), we measured, via functional MRI,
changes in brain activity during judgments of socially (Eyes) and nonsocially (Vehicles) …

Infancy is an easily definable stage of life, based on biological and mental data as well as on
social convention. Infants do not speak, whereas youngsters and adults do; infants creep …

Oxytocin (OT) has an important role in bond formation and social reciprocity, and animal
studies indicate that OT functioning is transferred from parent to child through patterns of …

The involvement of the neuropeptides oxytocin (OXT) and vasopressin (AVP) in human
socio‐emotional behaviours is attracting increasing attention. There is ample evidence for …