Humans are an unusually prosocial species, who engage in social behaviors that include
altruism—whereby an individual engages in costly or risky acts to improve the welfare of …

Financial and prosocial biases in favor of attractive adults have been documented in the
labor market, in social transactions in everyday life, and in studies involving experimental …

Background Current neurocircuitry models of anxiety disorders posit a lack of inhibitory tone
in the amygdala during acquisition of Pavlovian fear responses and deficient encoding of …

Current concepts of human sociality highlight a fundamental role of the hypothalamic
peptide oxytocin (OXT) in the formation and maintenance of social relationships. However …

Facilitation of social attraction and bonding by the evolutionarily conserved neuropeptide
oxytocin is well-established in female mammals. However, accumulating behavioral …

Recent research has examined the effects of oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (AVP) on
human social behavior and brain function. However, most participants have been male …

The human species possesses two complementary, yet distinct, universal communication
systems—language and music. Functional imaging studies have revealed that some core …

Current perspectives on the evolutionary roots of human morality suggest it arose to
incentivize social cooperation by promoting feelings of disgust toward selfish behavior …

Synchrony in social groups may confer significant evolutionary advantages by improving
group cohesion and social interaction. However, the neurobiological mechanisms …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic, debilitating condition for which Prolonged
Exposure (PE) therapy is highly efficacious. However, for some individuals, premature …