Romantic relationships can have a profound effect on adults' health and well-being whereas
the inability to maintain intimate bonds has been associated with physical and emotional …

Despite extensive research on the involvement of oxytocin (OT) in mammalian bonding, less
is known about its role in human social affiliation across the life cycle. Forty‐five romantically …

The biological mechanisms underlying long-term partner bonds in humans are unclear. The
evolutionarily conserved neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) is associated with the formation of …

In humans, interpersonal romantic attraction and the subsequent development of
monogamous pair-bonds is substantially predicted by influential impressions formed during …

Oxytocin (OT) has an important role in bond formation and social reciprocity, and animal
studies indicate that OT functioning is transferred from parent to child through patterns of …

In this research, we tested hypotheses about the role of oxytocin in adult human bonding.
Inspired by revisiting the research on pair bonding in microtine voles that fueled …

Humans belong to a minority of mammalian species that exhibit monogamous pair‐bonds,
thereby enabling biparental care of offspring. The high reward value of interpersonal …

The hypothalamic peptide oxytocin (OXT) has been identified as a key modulator of pair-
bonding in men, but its effects in women are still elusive. Moreover, there is substantial …

An experiment examined whether and how the relationship between individual differences
in social attachment and cooperation is modulated by brain oxytocin, a neuropeptide …

Animal studies demonstrated that the neuropeptide oxytocin (OT), implicated in bond
formation across mammalian species, is transmitted from mother to young through …