Despite evidence supporting a role for oxytocin (OT) in regulating social behavior,
surprisingly little is known about how this neuropeptide is calibrated during development …

Oxytocin (OXT) has been frequently linked to prosocial behaviors and emotions, especially
empathy. Psychopathy is a disorder characterized in part by chronic antisocial behavior and …

Variation in the quality of parental care has a tremendous impact on a child's social–
emotional development. Research investigating the predictors of this variability in human …

Despite its relatively well-understood role as a reproductive and pro-social peptide, oxytocin
(OT) tells a more convoluted story in terms of its modulation of fear and anxiety. This …

Background One of the most common mental disorders in the perinatal period is postpartum
depression (PPD), which is associated with impaired emotional functioning due to …

Simple Summary The scientific community has paid special attention to facial emotional
expression due to its importance in human surveillance as a communication tool. Humans …

Although dramatic postnatal changes in maternal behavior have long been noted, we are
only now beginning to understand the neurobiological mechanisms that support this …

Since the observation that oxytocin has key effects on social decision making, research on
this exciting neuropeptide has doubled in volume: hundreds of studies have pursued the …

The expression of emotion in faces serves numerous meaningful functions, such as
conveying messages of danger or approach, facilitating communication, and promoting the …

As fleeting facial expressions which reveal the emotion that a person tries to conceal, micro-
expressions have great application potentials for fields like security, national defense and …