Sharon Palgi

TL;DR: Oxytocin remarkably increased empathy to the pain of Palestinians, attenuating the effect of in-group empathy bias observed under the placebo condition, which is driven by the general role of oxytocin in increasing the salience of social agents which, in turn, may interfere with processes pertaining to derogation of out-group members during intractable conflicts.

TL;DR: It is proposed that the modulatory effect of OT on empathy when taking the other-perspective may be mediated by its role in self- and other-distinctiveness and corollary by itsrole in increasing salience to social agents and cues.

TL;DR: The results indicate that patients with PTSD exhibit deficits in compassion and that the numbing cluster emerged as the key predictor of those deficits, and that a single intranasal dose of OT enhances compassion toward women (but not towards men), both in Patients with PTSD and in controls.

TL;DR: The results indicate that patients with PTSD have deficits in both emotional and cognitive empathic abilities and that their empathic difficulties may underlie their impairments in social and interpersonal skills.

TL;DR: The aftermath of exposure to Hurricane Sandy is related not only to exposure, but also to its interaction with recollections of past traumas, which may help in intervention plans of social and psychological services.