The many facets of the oxytocin (OXT) system of the brain and periphery elicited nearly
25,000 publications since 1930 (see, as listed in PubMed), which revealed central roles for …

There are many differences between men and women. To some extent, these are captured
in the stereotypical images of these groups. Stereotypes about the way men and women …

Resilience–a key topic in clinical science and practice–still lacks a clear conceptualization
that integrates its evolutionary and human‐specific features, refrains from exclusive focus on …

This paper reports on three studies on the development and validation of the Parental
Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ), a brief, multidimensional self-report measure …

This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Pregnancy and postpartum are
associated with dramatic alterations in steroid and peptide hormones which alter the …

Despite widespread reports that intranasal application of oxytocin has a variety of behavioral
effects, very little of the huge amounts applied intranasally appears to reach the …

Emotion regulation, defined as the capacity to influence one's experience and expression of
emotion, is a complex skill now recognized to evolve throughout the lifetime. Here we …

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 …

Discovering the stress-buffering effects of social relationships has been one of the major
findings in psychobiology in the last century. However, an understanding of the underlying …

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 …