Humans are an unusually prosocial species, who engage in social behaviors that include
altruism—whereby an individual engages in costly or risky acts to improve the welfare of …

Prosocial behaviors are hypothesized to require socio-cognitive and empathic abilities—
engaging brain regions attributed to the mentalizing and empathy brain networks. Here, we …

This is a systematic review about the association between empathic behavior and oxytocin
(OXT). Searches were conducted in the electronic databases PubMed, Web of Science …

Intranasal oxytocin is attracting attention as a potential treatment for several brain disorders
due to promising preclinical results. However, translating findings to humans has been …

There is considerable interest in the role of the neuropeptide oxytocin in promoting social
cohesion both in terms of promoting specific social bonds and also more generally for …

The respective roles of the neuropeptides arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OXT) in
modulating social cognition and for therapeutic intervention in autism spectrum disorder …

Oxytocin is an important modulator of human affiliative behaviors, including social skills,
human pair bonding, and friendship. CD38 will be discussed as an immune marker and then …

Previous studies have shown that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) could
potentially promote prosocial behaviors. However, results from randomized controlled trials …

While the highly evolutionarily conserved hypothalamic neuropeptide, oxytocin (OT) can
influence cognitive, emotional and social functions, and may have therapeutic potential in …

For 25 years, the predominant evolutionary theory of romantic love has been Fisher's theory
of independent emotion systems. That theory suggests that sex drive, romantic attraction …