Oxytocin and Social Cognitions in Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 521-543

  Bukovskaya, Oksana ^a   Shmukler, Alexander ^a  

^a N N BLOKHIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cognition; Oxytocin; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EMOTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEUROMODULATION; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRUST; COGNITION; METABOLISM; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND;

COGNITION; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; OXYTOCIN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84978715563     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-015-9407-x     Document Type: Article

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