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

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1990 • 2,293 citations

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1998 • 1,355 citations

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2007 • 742 citations

Tend and Befriend

2006 • 670 citations

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2005 • 567 citations

Hormonal correlates of paternal responsiveness in new and expectant fathers

2000 • 526 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

Effects of Partner Support on Resting Oxytocin, Cortisol, Norepinephrine, and Blood Pressure Before and After Warm Partner Contact

2005 • 500 citations

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2003 • 488 citations

Variations in Maternal Behaviour are Associated with Differences in Oxytocin Receptor Levels in the Rat

2000 • 488 citations

Sex differences in oxytocin and vasopressin: Implications for autism spectrum disorders?

2006 • 427 citations

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1992 • 417 citations

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

2011 • 416 citations

Social modulation of androgens in male vertebrates: meta-analyses of the challenge hypothesis

2005 • 409 citations

Influence of a “Warm Touch” Support Enhancement Intervention Among Married Couples on Ambulatory Blood Pressure, Oxytocin, Alpha Amylase, and Cortisol

2008 • 404 citations

Testosterone and Prolactin Are Associated with Emotional Responses to Infant Cries in New Fathers

2002 • 387 citations

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

2011 • 362 citations

A critical period for provisioning by Hadza men

2003 • 350 citations

Testosterone administration impairs cognitive empathy in women depending on second-to-fourth digit ratio

2011 • 321 citations

Plasma oxytocin levels and anxiety in patients with major depression

2007 • 300 citations

Anatomy of love: the natural history of monogamy, adultery, and divorce

1993 • 291 citations

Hormonal and Experiential Correlates of Maternal Responsiveness during Pregnancy and the Puerperium in Human Mothers

1997 • 279 citations

Testosterone in Females: Mediator of Adaptive Traits, Constraint on Sexual Dimorphism, or Both?

2005 • 266 citations

Testosterone release and social context: When it occurs and why

2009 • 266 citations

Neuroendocrine bases of monogamy

1998 • 263 citations

Testosterone, Paternal Behavior, and Aggression in the Monogamous California Mouse (Peromyscus californicus)

2001 • 256 citations

Are Plasma Oxytocin in Women and Plasma Vasopressin in Men Biomarkers of Distressed Pair-Bond Relationships?

2009 • 238 citations

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

2002 • 236 citations

Kinship and behavior in primates

2004 • 228 citations

Manipulation of the oxytocin system alters social behavior and attraction in pair-bonding primates, Callithrix penicillata

2009 • 220 citations

Marital behavior, oxytocin, vasopressin, and wound healing

2010 • 211 citations

The Biology of Paternal Care in Human and Nonhuman Primates

2009 • 210 citations

Biological Aspects of Social Bonding and the Roots of Human Violence

2004 • 205 citations

Endocrinology of Social Relationships

2012 • 184 citations

Parental Care: Evolution, Mechanisms, and Adaptive Significance

1996 • 180 citations

Hormonal Changes in Mammalian Fathers

2001 • 175 citations

Multiple partners are associated with higher testosterone in North American men and women

2007 • 171 citations

Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and the Neuroendocrine Basis of Pair Bond Formation

1998 • 165 citations

The neurobiology of social attachment: A comparative approach to behavioral, neuroanatomical, and neurochemical studies

2008 • 160 citations

Maternal nurturing is dependent on her innate anxiety: The behavioral roles of brain oxytocin and vasopressin

2010 • 150 citations

Oxytocin responsivity in mothers of infants: A preliminary study of relationships with blood pressure during laboratory stress and normal ambulatory activity.

2000 • 141 citations

Social neuroendocrinology

2006 • 139 citations

Variation in oxytocin is related to variation in affiliative behavior in monogamous, pairbonded tamarins

2010 • 132 citations

Testosterone and partnering are linked via relationship status for women and ‘relationship orientation’ for men

2010 • 130 citations

Behavioral insensitivity to testosterone: Why and how does testosterone alter paternal and aggressive behavior in some avian species but not others?

2008 • 130 citations

Oxytocin responsivity in mothers of infants: A preliminary study of relationships with blood pressure during laboratory stress and normal ambulatory activity.

2000 • 118 citations

Sexy thoughts: Effects of sexual cognitions on testosterone, cortisol, and arousal in women

2010 • 116 citations

Natural Selection on Testosterone Production in a Wild Songbird Population

2010 • 110 citations

Relationship status and testosterone in North American heterosexual and non-heterosexual men and women: Cross-sectional and longitudinal data

2006 • 110 citations

The Mind in context

2010 • 110 citations

Effects of social status, age, and season on androgen and cortisol levels in wild male golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia)

2005 • 104 citations

Associations between testosterone secretion and sexual activity in women

2007 • 98 citations

Testosterone administration modulates neural responses to crying infants in young females

2009 • 97 citations

Mothers have lower testosterone than non-mothers: Evidence from the Philippines

2010 • 96 citations

Testosterone levels in women and men who are single, in long-distance relationships, or same-city relationships

2006 • 85 citations

Estradiol Increases Female Sexual Initiation Independent of Male Responsiveness in Rhesus Monkeys

1998 • 75 citations

Associations Among Physiological and Subjective Sexual Response, Sexual Desire, and Salivary Steroid Hormones in Healthy Premenopausal Women

2008 • 73 citations

Prolactin's mediative role in male parenting in parentally experienced marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

2009 • 68 citations

Relationship between testosterone and interest in sexual stimuli: The effect of experience

2007 • 60 citations

Social regulation of plasma estradiol concentration in a female anuran

2006 • 58 citations

Sexual Thoughts: Links to Testosterone and Cortisol in Men

2011 • 55 citations

Human Male Testosterone, Pair-Bonding, and Fatherhood

2012 • 53 citations

Social correlates of fecal testosterone in male ursine colobus monkeys (Colobus vellerosus): The effect of male reproductive competition in aseasonal breeders

2008 • 50 citations

Descriptive Experiences and Sexual vs. Nurturant Aspects of Cuddling between Adult Romantic Partners

2012 • 49 citations

Dads do not pay for sex but do buy the milk: food sharing and reproduction in owl monkeys (Aotus spp.)

2008 • 43 citations

Exposure to infant scent lowers serum testosterone in father common marmosets ( Callithrix jacchus )

2008 • 43 citations

Social odours, sexual arousal and pairbonding in primates

2006 • 42 citations

Youth violence : scientific approaches to prevention

2004 • 36 citations

Hormones and Human Partnering

2007 • 31 citations

Defense of Females, but Not Social Status, Predicts Plasma Androgen Levels in Male Spotted Hyenas

2003 • 31 citations

Androgens and Diversity in Adult Human Partnering

2012 • 8 citations

Social modulation of hormones

2010 • 5 citations