The animal and human neuroendocrinology of social cognition, motivation and behavior

Does the chimpanzee have a theory of mind?

1978 • 7,949 citations

Beliefs about beliefs: Representation and constraining function of wrong beliefs in young children's understanding of deception

1983 • 6,001 citations

Action recognition in the premotor cortex

1996 • 4,830 citations

Premotor cortex and the recognition of motor actions

1996 • 4,637 citations

The "Reading the Mind in the Eyes" Test revised version: a study with normal adults, and adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism.

2001 • 4,206 citations

The “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” Test Revised Version: A Study with Normal Adults, and Adults with Asperger Syndrome or High‐functioning Autism

2001 • 3,992 citations

Mindblindness: an essay on autism and theory of mind

1995 • 3,750 citations

Oxytocin increases trust in humans

2005 • 3,586 citations

Theory of mind

2005 • 3,390 citations

Mindblindness

1995 • 3,081 citations

The "Challenge Hypothesis": Theoretical Implications for Patterns of Testosterone Secretion, Mating Systems, and Breeding Strategies

1990 • 2,293 citations

People thinking about thinking peopleThe role of the temporo-parietal junction in “theory of mind”

2003 • 2,191 citations

Functional imaging of ‘theory of mind’

2003 • 2,042 citations

Social support and oxytocin interact to suppress cortisol and subjective responses to psychosocial stress

2003 • 1,973 citations

Meta-analytic evidence for common and distinct neural networks associated with directly experienced pain and empathy for pain

2010 • 1,870 citations

Neural systems for recognizing emotion

2002 • 1,850 citations

Oxytocin Modulates Neural Circuitry for Social Cognition and Fear in Humans

2005 • 1,614 citations

The fusiform face area: a cortical region specialized for the perception of faces

2006 • 1,607 citations

Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and the Neurogenetics of Sociality

2008 • 1,585 citations

Oxytocin and vasopressin in the human brain: social neuropeptides for translational medicine

2011 • 1,571 citations

Social effects of oxytocin in humans: context and person matter

2011 • 1,467 citations

The neurobiology of pair bonding

2004 • 1,459 citations

Oxytocin Improves “Mind-Reading” in Humans

2006 • 1,270 citations

Sniffing neuropeptides: a transnasal approach to the human brain

2002 • 1,243 citations

The Neuropeptide Oxytocin Regulates Parochial Altruism in Intergroup Conflict Among Humans

2010 • 1,072 citations

Vasopressin and oxytocin release within the brain: a dynamic concept of multiple and variable modes of neuropeptide communication

2004 • 1,013 citations

The Challenge of Translation in Social Neuroscience: A Review of Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Affiliative Behavior

2010 • 1,001 citations

Oxytocin: The Great Facilitator of Life

2009 • 991 citations

Neural mechanisms of aggression

2007 • 961 citations

A role for central vasopressin in pair bonding in monogamous prairie voles

1993 • 923 citations

A neurobehavioral model of affiliative bonding: Implications for conceptualizing a human trait of affiliation

2005 • 909 citations

Oxytocin Increases Generosity in Humans

2007 • 804 citations

Oxytocin promotes human ethnocentrism

2011 • 786 citations

Gonadal Steroid Hormone Receptors and Sex Differences in the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis

1994 • 781 citations

Oxytocin Increases Gaze to the Eye Region of Human Faces

2007 • 774 citations

Somatosensation in social perception

2010 • 760 citations

Oxytocin Enhances Amygdala-Dependent, Socially Reinforced Learning and Emotional Empathy in Humans

2010 • 742 citations

Intranasal Oxytocin Increases Positive Communication and Reduces Cortisol Levels During Couple Conflict

2008 • 732 citations

Effect of compassion meditation on neuroendocrine, innate immune and behavioral responses to psychosocial stress

2008 • 712 citations

Brain Substrates of Infant–Mother Attachment: Contributions of Opioids, Oxytocin, and Norepinephrine

1998 • 688 citations

The neurobiology of positive emotions

2005 • 640 citations

The role of testosterone in social interaction

2011 • 601 citations

Abnormal Processing of Social Information from Faces in Autism

2001 • 588 citations

Intranasal Administration of Oxytocin Increases Envy and Schadenfreude (Gloating)

2009 • 506 citations

Effects of intranasal oxytocin on emotional face processing in women

2009 • 504 citations

Lower CSF oxytocin concentrations in women with a history of childhood abuse

2008 • 501 citations

The Neuroendocrine Basis of Social Recognition

2002 • 494 citations

Different amygdala subregions mediate valence-related and attentional effects of oxytocin in humans

2010 • 485 citations

Dominance, aggression and testosterone in wild chimpanzees: a test of the ‘challenge hypothesis’

2003 • 469 citations

Vasopressin: Behavioral roles of an “original” neuropeptide

2007 • 467 citations

Development of partner preferences in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): The role of social and sexual experience

1992 • 464 citations

The hypothalamic–neurohypophysial system regulates the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis under stress: An old concept revisited

2004 • 441 citations

Oxytocin Attenuates Affective Evaluations of Conditioned Faces and Amygdala Activity

2008 • 423 citations

Prejudice and truth about the effect of testosterone on human bargaining behaviour

2009 • 421 citations

Acute effects of steroid hormones and neuropeptides on human social–emotional behavior: A review of single administration studies

2011 • 416 citations

Oxytocin Makes a Face in Memory Familiar

2009 • 388 citations

Inferences about mental states

2009 • 375 citations

Oxytocin Modulates Amygdala, Insula, and Inferior Frontal Gyrus Responses to Infant Crying: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2011 • 362 citations

Role of septal vasopressin innervation in paternal behavior in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).

1994 • 353 citations

A sniff of trust: Meta-analysis of the effects of intranasal oxytocin administration on face recognition, trust to in-group, and trust to out-group

2011 • 350 citations

Rearing Effects on Cerebrospinal Fluid Oxytocin Concentration and Social Buffering in Rhesus Monkeys

2002 • 341 citations

Exogenous Testosterone Enhances Responsiveness to Social Threat in the Neural Circuitry of Social Aggression in Humans

2007 • 335 citations

Oxytocin and cooperation under conditions of uncertainty: The modulating role of incentives and social information

2010 • 320 citations

Anxiety and Stress Responses in Female Oxytocin Deficient Mice

2004 • 313 citations

Oxytocin and social perception: Oxytocin increases perceived facial trustworthiness and attractiveness

2009 • 310 citations

Vasopressin-dependent neural circuits underlying pair bond formation in the monogamous prairie vole

2004 • 308 citations

Testosterone shifts the balance between sensitivity for punishment and reward in healthy young women

2003 • 307 citations

The Steroid/Peptide Theory of Social Bonds: Integrating testosterone and peptide responses for classifying social behavioral contexts

2011 • 304 citations

Variation in Oxytocin Receptor Density in the Nucleus Accumbens Has Differential Effects on Affiliative Behaviors in Monogamous and Polygamous Voles

2009 • 302 citations

Characterization of the oxytocin system regulating affiliative behavior in female prairie voles

2009 • 296 citations

Sex-specific influences of vasopressin on human social communication

2006 • 289 citations

Social facilitation of wound healing

2003 • 254 citations

Post-learning intranasal oxytocin modulates human memory for facial identity

2008 • 251 citations

Effects of oxytocin and prosocial behavior on brain responses to direct and vicariously experienced pain.

2008 • 243 citations

Testosterone increases analgesia, anxiolysis, and cognitive performance of male rats

2001 • 240 citations

Testosterone promotes paternal behaviour in a monogamous mammal via conversion to oestrogen

2002 • 236 citations

Species and individual differences in juvenile female alloparental care are associated with oxytocin receptor density in the striatum and the lateral septum

2006 • 226 citations

A Single Administration of Testosterone Reduces Fear-Potentiated Startle in Humans

2006 • 226 citations

Intranasal oxytocin increases fathers’ observed responsiveness during play with their children: A double-blind within-subject experiment

2010 • 217 citations

Testosterone decreases trust in socially naïve humans

2010 • 203 citations

Effects of exogenous testosterone on the ventral striatal BOLD response during reward anticipation in healthy women

2010 • 201 citations

Oxytocin and social motivation

2011 • 192 citations

Exogenous testosterone attenuates the integrated central stress response in healthy young women

2007 • 152 citations

Consequences of Early Experiences and Exposure to Oxytocin and Vasopressin Are Sexually Dimorphic

2009 • 138 citations

Vasopressin released within the central amygdala promotes maternal aggression

2010 • 134 citations

Disruption of the vasopressin 1b receptor gene impairs the attack component of aggressive behavior in mice

2006 • 127 citations

Medial amygdala and aggressive behavior: Interaction between testosterone and vasopressin

1990 • 125 citations

Oxytocin not only increases trust when money is at stake, but also when confidential information is in the balance

2010 • 125 citations

Oxytocin in the Amygdala Facilitates Maternal Aggression

1992 • 124 citations

Vasopressin Modulates Medial Prefrontal Cortex–Amygdala Circuitry during Emotion Processing in Humans

2010 • 124 citations

Intranasal Arginine Vasopressin Enhances the Encoding of Happy and Angry Faces in Humans

2010 • 124 citations

Effects of intranasal oxytocin on 'compassion focused imagery'.

2011 • 122 citations

Oxytocin Selectively Facilitates Recognition of Positive Sex and Relationship Words

2008 • 120 citations

Oxytocin and appetite

2008 • 107 citations

Proxemic behaviors as predictors of aggression towards Black (but not White) males in an immersive virtual environment

2009 • 87 citations

Oxytocin enhances the perception of biological motion in humans

2009 • 80 citations

Oxytocin receptors in the nucleus accumbens shell are involved in the consolidation of maternal memory in postpartum rats

2010 • 79 citations

Opioid modulation of magnocellular neurosecretory cell activity

2000 • 73 citations

Vasopressin needs an audience: Neuropeptide elicited stress responses are contingent upon perceived social evaluative threats

2011 • 60 citations

Arginine Vasopressin selectively enhances recognition of sexual cues in male humans

2010 • 56 citations

Oxytocin Nerve Fibers Innervate β-Endorphin Neurons in the Arcuate Nucleus of the Rat Hypothalamus

1992 • 38 citations

The Effects of Neonatal Castration on the Subsequent Behavioural Response to Centrally Administered Arginine Vasopressin and the Expression of V_1a Receptors in Adult Male Prairie Voles

2003 • 27 citations