While behavioral interventions remain the mainstay of treatment of autism spectrum disorder
(ASD), several potential targeted treatments addressing the underlying neurophysiology of …

Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental condition, and little is known about its
neurobiology. Much of autism research has focused on the social, communication and …

Background Experimental studies and small clinical trials have suggested that treatment
with intranasal oxytocin may reduce social impairment in persons with autism spectrum …

Elevated whole blood serotonin, or hyperserotonemia, was the first biomarker identified in
autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and is present in more than 25% of affected children. The …

Interpersonal synchrony, the temporal coordination of actions, emotions, thoughts and
physiological processes, is a widely studied ubiquitous phenomenon. Research has already …

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by problems with social-
communication, restricted interests and repetitive behavior. A recent and thought-provoking …

Although contemporary socio-cultural changes dramatically increased fathers' involvement
in childrearing, little is known about the brain basis of human fatherhood, its comparability …

Drawing on sociocultural theories and Bayesian accounts of brain function, in this article we
construe psychiatric conditions as disorders of social interaction to fully account for their …

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Human imaging studies have revealed that intranasal administration of the" prosocial"
hormone oxytocin (OT) activates the frontal cortex, and this action of OT correlates with …