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Social effects of oxytocin in humans: context and person matter.

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It is proposed that this literature can be informed by an interactionist approach in which the effects of oxytocin are constrained by features of situations and/or individuals.
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This article is published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences.The article was published on 2011-07-01. It has received 1311 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social cognition & Prosocial behavior.

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The Social Motivation Theory of Autism

TL;DR: It is concluded that ASD can be construed as an extreme case of diminished social motivation and, as such, provides a powerful model to understand humans' intrinsic drive to seek acceptance and avoid rejection.
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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

TL;DR: In this paper, Bostrom's work picks its way carefully through a vast tract of forbiddingly difficult intellectual terrain, and the writing is so lucid that it somehow makes it all seem easy.
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The neuroscience of empathy: progress, pitfalls and promise

TL;DR: This work takes stock of the notable progress made by early research in characterizing the neural systems supporting two empathic sub-processes: sharing others' internal states and explicitly considering those states and describes methodological and conceptual pitfalls into which this work has sometimes fallen.
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Balance of brain oxytocin and vasopressin: implications for anxiety, depression, and social behaviors

TL;DR: Shifting the balance between the neuropeptide systems towards oxytocin, by positive social stimuli and/or psychopharmacotherapy, may help to improve emotional behaviors and reinstate mental health.
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Loneliness: Clinical Import and Interventions

TL;DR: Assessments of loneliness are reviewed and there is increasing evidence for the potential efficacy of integrated interventions that combine (social) cognitive behavioral therapy with short-term adjunctive pharmacological treatments.
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Neuropeptides and social behaviour: effects of oxytocin and vasopressin in humans

TL;DR: A model of the interactions of anxiety and stress, social approach behaviour, and the oxytocinergic system is presented, which integrates the novel approach of a psychobiological therapy in psychopathological states.
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Defining the broader phenotype of autism: genetic, brain, and behavioral perspectives.

TL;DR: Six candidate broader phenotype autism traits are proposed and it is argued that knowledge of the cognitive neuroscience of social and language behavior will provide a useful framework for defining such measures.
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Oxytocin Selectively Improves Empathic Accuracy

TL;DR: Observations imply that rather than working universally, oxytocin may selectively facilitate social cognition given certain constraints, which would be consistent with broader interactionist views emphasizing that individual differences in competencies interact with situational variables to determine behavior.
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Oxytocin Makes a Face in Memory Familiar

TL;DR: It is shown that, in humans, the evolutionarily highly conserved neuropeptide oxytocin, after intranasal administration, specifically improves recognition memory for faces, but not for nonsocial stimuli.
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Oxytocin and the Development of Parenting in Humans

TL;DR: Results are the first to describe plasma OT levels in new fathers and mothers across the transition to parenthood in relation to maternal and paternal typical parenting behaviors and may provide a normative basis for the study of parenting under conditions of high risk.
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