Although interest in the neurobiology of parent–infant bonding is a century old,
neuroimaging of the human parental brain is recent. After summarizing current comparative …

Serotonin and vitamin D have been proposed to play a role in autism; however, no causal
mechanism has been established. Here, we present evidence that vitamin D hormone …

Social behaviours in species as diverse as honey bees and humans promote group survival
but often come at some cost to the individual. Although reinforcement of adaptive social …

It is well known that affective and pleasant touch promotes individual well-being and
facilitates affiliative social communication, although the neural circuit that mediates this …

The popularity of oxytocin (OT) has grown exponentially during the past decade, and so has
the number of OT trials in healthy and clinical groups. We take stock of the evidence from …

We searched PubMed, PsycINFO, the Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar for reports
published between Jan 1, 2000, and June 20, 2013. We used the search terms …

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by two seemingly unrelated symptom
domains—deficits in social interactions and restrictive, repetitive patterns of behavioral …

Learning to respond to others' distress with well-regulated empathy is an important
developmental task linked to positive health outcomes and moral achievements. However …

Autism spectrum disorder is a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder with no established
pharmacological treatment for its core symptoms. Although previous literature has shown …

Nearly 25 years ago, the shared interests of psychologists and biologists in understanding
the neural basis of social behavior led to the inception of social neuroscience. In the past …