Oxytocin is a pleiotropic, peptide hormone with broad implications for general health,
adaptation, development, reproduction, and social behavior. Endogenous oxytocin and …

Peaceful intergroup relations deteriorate when individuals engage in parochial cooperation
and parochial competition. To understand when and why intergroup relations change from …

Oxytocin is a peptide molecule with a multitude of physiological and behavioral functions.
Based on its association with reproduction-including social bonding, sexual behavior, birth …

The motivation to engage in social behaviors is influenced by past experience and internal
state, but also depends on the behavior of other animals. Across species, the oxytocin (Oxt) …

Compassion for others and social support have survival value and health benefits. Although
compassion is sometimes considered uniquely human, critical components of compassion …

Schizophrenia is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder with impairments in social cognition.
Several brain regions have been implicated in social cognition, including the nucleus …

Impairments in maintaining a differentiated sense of “self” and “other” are thought to be a
central feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD). However, studies directly focusing …

Social exclusion is associated with greater suicide risk and more needs to be known about
the biological processes contributing to this association. Oxytocin, a neuropeptide that …

Mentalizing is a core faculty of human social behaviors that involves inferring the cognitive
states of others. This process necessitates adopting an allocentric perspective and …

Oxytocin has been linked to many domains within the realm of “social cognition.” For
example, research has shown that oxytocin affects trusting behavior, cooperation, as well as …