The influence of rs53576 polymorphism in the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene on empathy in healthy adults by subtype and ethnicity: a systematic review and meta …

RJ Chander, KA Mather, R Cleary… - Reviews in the …, 2022 - degruyter.com
Empathy is essential for navigating complex social environments. Prior work has shown
associations between rs53576, a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) located in the …

Revisiting the impact of OXTR rs53576 on empathy: A population-based study and a meta-analysis

P Gong, H Fan, J Liu, X Yang, K Zhang… - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2017 - Elsevier
Oxytocin in the brain is related to empathy, which refers to the ability to understand and
share others' internal states or responses. Previous studies have investigated the impact of …

Behavioral genetics in criminal and civil courts

M Sabatello, PS Appelbaum - Harvard review of psychiatry, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Although emerging findings in psychiatric and behavioral genetics create hope for improved
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders, the introduction of such data as evidence …

Culture–sex interaction and the self-report empathy in Australians and Mainland Chinese

Q Zhao, DL Neumann, Y Cao, S Baron-Cohen… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Empathy is the ability to understand and share other people's emotions. Researchers have
debated whether Westerners and Asians differ in their self-report empathy. This study aimed …

Quality of early-life maternal care predicts empathy-like behavior in adult male rats: Linking empathy to BDNF gene expression in associated brain regions

E Asadi, F Khodagholi, S Asadi, HM Kamsorkh… - Brain research, 2021 - Elsevier
Empathy is the ability to experience a shared affective state as others. It enhances group
living and manifests itself as helping behavior towards a distressed person. It also can …

Association between glutamate transporter gene polymorphisms and obsessive-compulsive disorder/trait empathy in a Korean population

HW Kim, JI Kang, EH Hwang, SJ Kim - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Accumulating evidence suggests that the glutamatergic system plays a major role in the
pathophysiology of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and empathic processing …

Genotype–genotype interactions of the OXTR gene polymorphisms are associated with self‐reported daytime dysfunction, sleep latency and personal distress

Y Li, Y Wang, X Guan, J Yue, HE Wu… - Journal of Sleep …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The oxytocin receptors located in the corticotropin‐releasing factor neurons of the
paraventricular nucleus are stimulated by oxytocin. Oxytocin functions as the regulator of the …

The BDNF Val66Met modulates the Dark Triad: empathic concern and aggression as mediators

R Quan, W Guo, L He, R Pan, Q Wang… - Australian Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives Empathy and aggression are features of the Dark Triad. They are linked to the
BDNF Val66Met polymorphism. Here, we investigated the relationships between this …

The BDNF Val66Met polymorphism impacts victim's moral emotions following interpersonal transgression

R Quan, Z Wu, W Guo, L He, P Fang… - … Journal of Psychology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Immoral behaviors make individuals abominate and punish transgressors. Inspired by the
associations between the Val66Met polymorphism of brain‐derived neurotropic factor …

Interaction between the BDNF rs11030101 genotype and job stress on cognitive empathy

Y Duan, Y Li, H Yun, AM Kaplan, A Kennedy… - Journal of Affective …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Empathy refers to an individual's ability to experience the emotional and
cognitive processes of another person during social interactions. Although many studies …