Social effects of oxytocin in humans: Context and person matter

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 301-309

  Bartz, Jennifer A ^a   Zaki, Jamil ^b   Bolger, Niall ^c   Ochsner, Kevin N ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL RESEARCH; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL DOMAINS;

OXYTOCIN;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79959874788     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2011.05.002     Document Type: Review

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