Reports on the modulatory role of the neuropeptide oxytocin on social cognition and
behavior have steadily increased over the last two decades, stimulating considerable …

Social cognition includes a range of cognitive processes that help individuals to understand
how others think and feel. There is emerging evidence that social cognitive deficits may …

Oxytocin is a neuropeptide involved in animal and human reproductive and social behavior.
Three oxytocin signaling genes have been frequently implicated in human social behavior …

Recognition of other's emotions influences the way social animals interact and adapt to the
environment. The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) has been implicated in different aspects of …

Humans are an unusually prosocial species, who engage in social behaviors that include
altruism—whereby an individual engages in costly or risky acts to improve the welfare of …

Implicit in the long-standing disagreements about whether humans' fundamental nature is
predominantly caring or callous is an assumption of uniformity. This article reviews evidence …

Deficits in social cognition are pervasive and characteristic of neurodevelopmental disorders
(NDDs). Clinical trials of intranasal oxytocin (IN-OT) to improve social cognition have yielded …

The human species possesses two complementary, yet distinct, universal communication
systems—language and music. Functional imaging studies have revealed that some core …

Oxytocin (OT) has been implicated in various aspects of social behaviors. During the past
decades there has been a surge of interest in the therapeutic potential of OT in psychiatric …

In this paper, we analyse the claim that oxytocin is a 'social neuropeptide'. This claim
originated from evidence that oxytocin was instrumental in the initiation of maternal …