[HTML][HTML] The effects of oxytocin administration on social and routinized behaviors in autism: A preregistered systematic review and meta-analysis

K Audunsdottir, AM Sartorius, H Kang, B Glaser… - …, 2024 - Elsevier
Oxytocin administration has demonstrated considerable promise for providing individualized
support for autistic people. However, studies evaluating the effects of oxytocin administration …

A systematic review of the role of oxytocin, cortisol, and testosterone in facial emotional processing

Á Romero-Martínez, C Sarrate-Costa, L Moya-Albiol - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The scientific community has paid special attention to facial emotional
expression due to its importance in human surveillance as a communication tool. Humans …

Oxytocin release increases with age and is associated with life satisfaction and prosocial behaviors

PJ Zak, B Curry, T Owen, JA Barraza - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Helping behaviors and life satisfaction generally increase after middle-age. Identifying the
neural substrates of prosocial behaviors in older adults may offer additional insights into …

Plasma oxytocin and vasopressin levels in young and older men and women: functional relationships with attachment and cognition

G Plasencia, JM Luedicke, HP Nazarloo… - …, 2019 - Elsevier
A growing literature associates the neuropeptides oxytocin (OT) and arginine vasopressin
(AVP) with affiliative and cognitive outcomes. The majority of this work in humans, however …

Oxytocin enhances the triangular association among behavior, resting‐state, and task‐state functional connectivity

H Zhang, K Chen, J Bao, H Wu - Human Brain Mapping, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Considerable advances in the role of oxytocin (OT) effect on behavior and the brain network
have been made, but the effect of OT on the association between inter‐individual differences …

The role of intranasal oxytocin on social cognition: an integrative human lifespan approach

M Horta, D Pehlivanoglu, NC Ebner - Current behavioral neuroscience …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This narrative review synthesizes research from the last two
decades on the modulatory role of intranasal OT administration (IN-OT) on social cognition …

Evaluating the neuropeptide–social cognition link in ageing: the mediating role of basic cognitive skills

R Polk, M Horta, T Lin, E Porges… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The roles of oxytocin (OT) and arginine-vasopressin (AVP) as crucial modulators of social
cognition and related behaviours have been extensively addressed in the literature. The …

Age-related differences in amygdala activation associated with face trustworthiness but no evidence of oxytocin modulation

T Lin, D Pehlivanoglu, M Ziaei, P Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The amygdala has been shown to be responsive to face trustworthiness. While older adults
typically give higher face trustworthiness ratings than young adults, a direct link between …

Eye-tracking reveals a role of oxytocin in attention allocation towards familiar faces

N Marsh, D Scheele, D Postin, M Onken… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Visual attention directed towards the eye-region of a face emerges rapidly, even before
conscious awareness, and regulates social interactions in terms of approach versus …

[HTML][HTML] Oxytocin's dynamic role across the lifespan

K Audunsdottir, DS Quintana - Aging Brain, 2022 - Elsevier
Older adults have been neglected in biobehavioral oxytocin research. Emerging research
indicates that oxytocin signaling activity fluctuates over the lifespan, which suggests that …