The DOI matches its Crossref record; 114 of the 117 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
Social effects of oxytocin in humans: context and person matter
Abstract
Building on animal research, the past decade has witnessed a surge of interest in the effects of oxytocin on social cognition and prosocial behavior in humans. This work has generated considerable excitement about identifying the neurochemical underpinnings of sociality in humans, and discovering compounds to treat social functioning deficits. Inspection of the literature, however, reveals that the effects of oxytocin in the social domain are often weak and/or inconsistent. We propose that this literature can be informed by an interactionist approach in which the effects of oxytocin are constrained by features of situations and/or individuals. We show how this approach can improve understanding of extant research, suggest novel mechanisms through which oxytocin might operate, and refine predictions about oxytocin pharmacotherapy.
Overview
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In the citing paper
“The trust-enhancing effect (Baumgartner, Heinrichs, Vonlanthen, Fischbacher, & Fehr, 2008;Van IJzendoorn & Bakermans-Kranenburg, 2012) may be stronger if a positive relationship already exists between the supportive other and the support recipient (Bartz et al., 2011).”
From Oxytocin enhances the pain‐relieving effects of social support in romantic couples (2019) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
In the citing paper
“More and more research suggests that OT effects are context dependent (see [29] for a review).”
From Failed Replication of Oxytocin Effects on Trust: The Envelope Task Case (2015) · cites this paper as [29]
In the citing paper
“More recently, attention has turned to its role in regulating complex social behavior, including parental care, social bonding and social cognition in general (1–6).”
From Statistical and Methodological Considerations for the Interpretation of Intranasal Oxytocin Studies (2016) · cites this paper as [1]
In the citing paper
“Since oxytocin can strengthen the encoding of positive social stimuli to make them more salient, it might facilitate interpersonal intimacy by making the encoding of positive social cues more rewarding and memorable [69].”
From Could intranasal oxytocin be used to enhance relationships? Research imperatives, clinical policy, and ethical considerations (2013) · cites this paper as [69]
In the citing paper
“And oxytocin seems to improve empathic accuracy only in less-socially proficient individuals, whereas it has no effect for those who are already well-attuned to social information [69].”
From Could intranasal oxytocin be used to enhance relationships? Research imperatives, clinical policy, and ethical considerations (2013) · cites this paper as [69]
In the citing paper
“As parallel data on OT effects in both men and women are still rare and, in part, conflicting (for an overview, see Bartz et al., 2011), it is particularly important to investigate both sexes within the same research design.”
From Sex-specific effects of intranasal oxytocin on autonomic nervous system and emotional responses to couple conflict (2013) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
In the citing paper
“Thus, in line with Bartz et al. (2011) andMcCall andSinger (2012), in our study, OT might have driven quiescence in women and social salience and approach behavior in men.”
From Sex-specific effects of intranasal oxytocin on autonomic nervous system and emotional responses to couple conflict (2013) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
In the citing paper
“the majority of IN-OT studies do not yield a main IN-OT treatment effects.”
From Is there a Publication Bias in Behavioural Intranasal Oxytocin Research on Humans? Opening the File Drawer of One Laboratory (2016) · cites this paper as [19]
In the citing paper
“Through the literature, more and more findings suggest that IN-OT influences behaviors by interacting with several moderators (for a review see (19)).”
From Is there a Publication Bias in Behavioural Intranasal Oxytocin Research on Humans? Opening the File Drawer of One Laboratory (2016) · cites this paper as [19]
In the citing paper
“These data substantially support the concept that the behavioral effects of OXT are moderated by contextual factors and personal characteristics such as relationship status (Bartz et al., 2011) and provide the first direct evidence for a behavior-modifying role of OXT in helping to maintain monogamous pair-bonds in humans.”
From Oxytocin Modulates Social Distance between Males and Females (2012) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
In the citing paper
“There are also human studies showing that the behavioral effects of AVP and OXT depend on social contextual factors (Declerck et al., 2010; Bartz et al., 2011; Rilling et al., 2012; Olff et al., 2013).”
From Sex-specific modulation of juvenile social play behavior by vasopressin and oxytocin depends on social context (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
In the citing paper
“Indeed, endogenous oxytocin may be an important regulator and a biomarker of subjects' social motivation toward, or perception of, a given social context (Bartz et al., 2011; Macdonald and Feifel, 2013).”
From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
In the citing paper
“Of these studies, the focus has been almost exclusively on determining what oxytocin does, to whom and in what contexts (Bartz et al., 2011; Olff et al., 2013; Veening and Olivier, 2013 for reviews).”
From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
In the citing paper
“Recently, however, strong indicators have emerged that such beneficial effects of oxytocin may occur only under specific social circumstances (Bartz et al., 2011; Olff et al., 2013).”
From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
In the citing paper
“In addition, the effects that oxytocin has and what triggers oxytocin release in a given social context can both vary depending on individual differences such as sex, age, early experience, psychiatric or psychological health (effects of oxytocin: Bartz et al., 2011; Macdonald and Feifel, 2013; Olff et al., 2013; release of oxytocin: Sanders et al., 1990; Turner et al., 1999).”
From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
In the citing paper
“Within-species studies are already demonstrating considerable variation between individuals on the effects that oxytocin has on social behavior, as noted above (for reviews see Bartz et al., 2011; Olff et al., 2013).”
From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
In the citing paper
“However, a number of studies in healthy people, as well as in patients with psychological or psychiatric disorders show that administration of oxytocin leads to negative not positive social effects (Epperson et al., 1996; Bartz et al., 2011; Feifel, 2011; Mah et al., 2012), suggesting that exogenous oxytocin does not always lead to increased affiliation.”
From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
In the citing paper
“Likewise, determining how applied doses may relate to endogenous oxytocin levels and their effects has not been addressable, partly because few studies measure endogenous oxytocin levels in conjunction with oxytocin administration (review: Bartz et al., 2011; Olff et al., 2013).”
From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
In the citing paper
“That oxytocin release may depend more on an individuals' social perception of an interaction than on the properties of the interaction itself mirrors other studies on human and non-human primates which suggest that inhaled oxytocin changes individuals' perception or motivation toward a social context (Chang et al., 2012; Parr et al., 2013, for reviews see: Bartz et al., 2011; Olff et al., 2013).”
From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
In the citing paper
“Studies using exogenous oxytocin have highlighted how a possible effect of oxytocin is to change individuals' social motivations or perceptions of a current social context, such that individuals that inhale oxytocin compared with those that do not, become more affiliative, attentive, prosocial or empathetic to the same social stimuli (e.g., Bartz et al., 2011; Chang et al., 2012; Parr et al., 2013”
From Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review (2014) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
In the citing paper
“Additionally, inhaled OT increases sensitivity to the social information of co-players in a social dilemma game (Declerck et al., 2010, 2013; Mikolajczak et al., 2010; Bartz et al., 2011;)”
From Oxytocin promotes altruistic punishment (2017) · cites this paper as Bartz et al., 2011
Citations
Cites
Madison, P., & Mischel, W. (1968) · The American Journal of Psychology · doi:10.2307/1421067 · Cited by 4,395
Mischel, W., & Shoda, Y. (1995) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/0033-295x.102.2.246 · Cited by 3,889
Oxytocin increases trust in humans
Kosfeld, M., Heinrichs, M., Zak, P. J., Fischbacher, U., & Fehr, E. (2005) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature03701 · Cited by 3,690
Mindblindness: An Essay on Autism and Theory of Mind
(1995) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.33-2412 · Cited by 3,670
Personality: A Psychological Interpretation
Jenkins, J. G., & Allport, G. W. (1938) · The American Journal of Psychology · doi:10.2307/1415717 · Cited by 3,215
Toward a cognitive social learning reconceptualization of personality
Mischel, W. (1973) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/h0035002 · Cited by 3,181
The person and the situation: perspectives of social psychology
(1992) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.29-3604 · Cited by 2,205
Heinrichs, M., Baumgartner, T., Kirschbaum, C., & Ehlert, U. (2003) · Biological Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(03)00465-7 · Cited by 2,091
Handbook of Motivation and Cognition: Foundations of Social Behavior, Vol. 2.
Wagner, D. G., Higgins, E. T., & Sorrentino, R. M. (1991) · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · doi:10.2307/2072281 · Cited by 1,970
Oxytocin Modulates Neural Circuitry for Social Cognition and Fear in Humans
Kirsch, P., Esslinger, C., Chen, Q., Mier, D., Lis, S., Siddhanti, S., Gruppe, H., Mattay, V. S., Gallhofer, B., & Meyer-Lindenberg, A. (2005) · The Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1523/jneurosci.3984-05.2005 · Cited by 1,639
Flagged first, then by citations
3 of the 117 references couldn’t be matched to a known paper.
Research works printed but not linked: 1
- Mischel, 1973, Towards a cognitive social learning reconceptualization of personality, Psychol. Rev., 8, 252, 10.1037/h0035002 · DOI · Paper page
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Items 1,001–1,100 of 1,528
Interactive effects of OXTR and GAD1 on envy-associated behaviors and neural responses
Tanaka, T., Nishimura, F., Kakiuchi, C., Kasai, K., Kimura, M., & Haruno, M. (2019) · PLOS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0210493 · Cited by 9
Osório, F. D. L., Rojas, G. V. E., & AGUIAR-RICZ, L. N. (2022) · Frontiers in Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnins.2022.943578 · Cited by 9
“, it did not expose the musicians or represent a threat to the participants considering that OXT effects are contextdependent (Bartz et al., 2011).”
BackgroundArizmendi, B. J., Seeley, S. H., Allen, J. J. B., Killgore, W. D. S., Andrews‐Hanna, J. R., Weihs, K. L., & O'Connor, M. (2023) · European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation · doi:10.1016/j.ejtd.2023.100339 · Cited by 10
“This is based on prior work supporting individual differences in socio-emotional functioning as likely moderators of oxytocin effects (Bartz et al., 2011; Seeley et al., 2018).”
MethodGauthier, C., Doyen, C., Amado, I., Lôo, H., & Gaillard, R. (2016) · L Encéphale · doi:10.1016/j.encep.2015.07.006 · Cited by 8
Oxytocin: co-evolution of human and domesticated animals
Herbeck, Y. E., Gulevich, R. G., Shepeleva, D. V., & Grinevich, V. (2016) · Vavilov Journal of Genetics and Breeding · doi:10.18699/vj16.145 · Cited by 9
Neuroendocrinology and Behavior
Sumiyoshi, T. (2012) · InTech eBooks · doi:10.5772/1666 · Cited by 9
The Effect of the Social Regulation of Emotion on Emotional Long-Term Memory
Flores, L. E., & Berenbaum, H. (2017) · Emotion · doi:10.1037/emo0000259 · Cited by 12
Smith, J. E., Petelle, M. B., Jerome, E. L., Cristofari, H., & Blumstein, D. T. (2017) · Integrative and Comparative Biology · doi:10.1093/icb/icx091 · Cited by 10
Valdes-Hernandez, P. A., Polk, R. J., Horta, M., Frazier, I. R., Perez, E., Ojeda, M., Porges, E. C., Cruz‐Almeida, Y., Feifel, D., & Ebner, N. C. (2021) · Aging Brain · doi:10.1016/j.nbas.2021.100023 · Cited by 9
“Among the possible mechanisms of age-related differences in social cognition are neurochemical changes that regulate social behavior and processing, such as pertaining to oxytocin (OT) [28,46,73,75], a hypothalamic nine amino-acid peptide that modulates human cognition and behavior [37,51], including in social context…”
BackgroundChong, A., Chew, S. H., Lai, P. S., Ebstein, R. P., & Gouin, J. (2018) · International Journal of Psychophysiology · doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2018.02.015 · Cited by 8
Karl, A., Carnelley, K. B., Arıkan, G., Baldwin, D. S., Heinrichs, M., & Stopa, L. L. (2021) · Behaviour Research and Therapy · doi:10.1016/j.brat.2021.103845 · Cited by 10
Berends, Y. R., Tulen, J. H. M., Wierdsma, A. I., PELT, J. V., Feldman, R., Zagoory‐Sharon, O., de Rijke, Y. B., Kushner, S. A., & Marle, H. J. C. V. (2021) · Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology · doi:10.1080/14789949.2021.1985158 · Cited by 7
“In humans, the effect of oxytocin on behavior, particularly aggression, seems to be more complex than in animal models (Gedeon et al., 2019; J.a Bartz et al., 2011; Nave et al., 2015).”
BackgroundOxytocin and social learning in socially anxious men and women
Flechsenhar, A., Levine, S. M., Müller, L. E., Herpertz, S. C., & Bertsch, K. (2024) · Neuropharmacology · doi:10.1016/j.neuropharm.2024.109930 · Cited by 8
The Neurobiology of Adolescent-Onset Borderline Personality Disorder
Goodman, M. S., Pérez-Rodríguez, M. M., & Siever, L. J. (2014) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-0591-1_9 · Cited by 8
Oxytocin and psychotherapy: Keeping context and person in mind
Cardoso, C., & Ellenbogen, M. A. (2013) · Psychoneuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.08.002 · Cited by 8
Schumacher, S., Oe, M., Wilhelm, F. H., Rufer, M., Heinrichs, M., Weidt, S., Moergeli, H., & Martin-Söelch, C. (2018) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0190809 · Cited by 8
Translational approach to understanding momentary factors associated with alcohol consumption
Vengeliene, V., Foo, J. C., & Kim, J. (2020) · British Journal of Pharmacology · doi:10.1111/bph.15180 · Cited by 8
Feng, C., Zhou, X., Zhu, X., Zhu, R., Han, S., & Luo, Y. (2020) · Psychoneuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104804 · Cited by 8
Dwyer, K., Andrea, A. M., Savage, C. L. G., Orth, R. D., Shan, L., Strauss, G. P., Adams, H. A., Kelly, D. L., Weiner, E., Gold, J. M., et al. (2020) · Schizophrenia Bulletin Open · doi:10.1093/schizbullopen/sgaa001 · Cited by 8
Longitudinal tracking of human plasma oxytocin suggests complex responses to moral elevation
Parkitny, L., Carter, C. S., Peckins, M. K., Hon, D., Saturn, S. R., Pournajafi‐Nazarloo, H., Hurlbut, W. B., Knutson, B. D., Crane, S. M., Harris, X., et al. (2021) · Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.cpnec.2021.100105 · Cited by 8
Zhang, H., Chen, K., Bao, J., & Wu, H. (2023) · Human Brain Mapping · doi:10.1002/hbm.26498 · Cited by 7
Antecedents of Moral Pride: the Harder the Action, the Greater the Pride?
Etxebarría, I., Ortiz, M. J., Apodaca, P., Pascual, A., & Conejero, S. (2014) · The Spanish Journal of Psychology · doi:10.1017/sjp.2014.56 · Cited by 8
Ho, S.-H. S., MacDonald, A., & Swain, J. E. (2014) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x1300232x · Cited by 8
The Use of Oxytocin in Personality Disorders: Rationale and Current Status
Pérez-Rodríguez, M. M., Derish, N. E., & New, A. S. (2014) · Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry · doi:10.1007/s40501-014-0026-1 · Cited by 8
Organizational Justice through the Window of Neuroscience
Massaro, S., & Becker, W. J. (2015) · Emerald Group Publishing Limited eBooks · doi:10.1108/s1479-357120150000007010 · Cited by 8
Folgen früher Traumatisierung aus neurobiologischer Sicht
Brückl, T. M., & Binder, E. B. (2017) · Forensische Psychiatrie Psychologie Kriminologie · doi:10.1007/s11757-017-0412-9 · Cited by 11
Maternal oxytocin responsiveness improves specificity of positive social memory recall
Tse, W. S., Siu, A. F. Y., Zhang, Q., & Chan, H. Y. E. (2018) · Psychoneuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.08.026 · Cited by 8
Senese, V. P., Azhari, A., Shinohara, K., Doi, H., Venuti, P., Bornstein, M. H., & Esposito, G. (2018) · Hormones and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.12.012 · Cited by 8
Mahmuda, N. A., Yokoyama, S., Munesue, T., Hayashi, K., Yagi, K., Tsuji, C., & Higashida, H. (2020) · Diseases · doi:10.3390/diseases8010004 · Cited by 8
Bastos, M. A. V., Bastos, P. R. H. D. O., Paez, L. E. F. E., Souza, E. O., Bogo, D., Perdomo, R. T., Portella, R. B., Ozaki, J. G. O., Iandoli, D., & Lucchetti, G. (2020) · Brain and Behavior · doi:10.1002/brb3.1693 · Cited by 8
Oxytocin in Human Social Network Cooperation
Han, X., & Ma, Y. (2024) · The Neuroscientist · doi:10.1177/10738584241293366 · Cited by 10
Sakai, M., Yu, Z., Picotin, R., Kasahara, T., Kikuchi, Y., Ono, C., Hino, M., Kunii, Y., Maejima, Y., Shimomura, K., et al. (2025) · Behavioural Brain Research · doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2025.115480 · Cited by 6
Personality Disorders, Attachment and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Weinstein, L., Pérez-Rodríguez, M. M., & Siever, L. J. (2014) · Psychopathology · doi:10.1159/000366135 · Cited by 7
Murphy, E. R., Cox, D. J., Fisseha, F., & Gunthert, K. C. (2023) · Behavioral Sciences · doi:10.3390/bs13090709 · Cited by 7
“This stress-based surge in oxytocin can drive humans towards others by increasing pro-social behaviors [22].”
BackgroundFour-Week Intranasal Oxytocin Administration Reduces Attachment Avoidance in Older Women
Wright, K. A., Polk, R. J., Lin, T., Feifel, D., & Ebner, N. C. (2022) · Hormones and Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105413 · Cited by 7
Intranasal Oxytocin and Pain Reduction: Testing a Social Cognitive Mediation Model
Long, P. A., Scholl, J. L., Wang, X. T., Kallsen, N. A., Ehli, E. A., & Freeman, H. (2023) · Brain Sciences · doi:10.3390/brainsci13121689 · Cited by 7
“Intranasal administration of OT has been shown to enhance various prosocial behaviors such as generosity, charitable giving, empathy, and trust [16].”
BackgroundInfluentialOxytocin predicts positive affect gains in a role-play interaction
Berceanu, A. I., Papasteri, C., Sofonea, A., Boldasu, R., Nita, D. E., Poalelungi, C., Froemke, R. C., & Carcea, I. (2024) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1258254 · Cited by 8
Hirosawa, T., Kikuchi, M., Okumura, E., Yoshimura, Y., Hiraishi, H., Munesue, T., Takesaki, N., Furutani, N., Ono, Y., Higashida, H., et al. (2015) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116918 · Cited by 7
“Taken together, a recent review proposed that the effect of oxytocin is not simply a prosocial, but rather OT exerts its prosocial effect under the constraint of inter-individual factors [15].”
BackgroundTaking the Focus Away from the Self: Low Individualism Mediates the Effect of Oxytocin on Creativity
Pfundmair, M., Frey, D., & Hodgson, T. L. (2017) · Creativity Research Journal · doi:10.1080/10400419.2017.1263520 · Cited by 6
“It has been suggested that the apparently complex social effects of oxytocin might be mediated via relatively simple mechanisms like a generalized antianxiety (anxiolytic; Churchland & Winkielman, 2012) or social saliency effect (Bartz et al., 2011).”
BackgroundBaião, R., Fearon, P. R. M., Belsky, J., Baptista, J., Carneiro, A., Pinto, R., Nogueira, M., Oliveira, C., Soares, I., & Mesquita, A. R. (2018) · Psychoneuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.11.022 · Cited by 7
Zhang, Q., Chen, Y., Tao, Y. F., Farid, T., & Ma, J. (2019) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su11071874 · Cited by 7
Intranasal Oxytocin Increases Perceptual Salience of Faces in the Absence of Awareness
Xue, S., Wu, H.-B., Zhang, L., & Zhang, D.-X. (2020) · Psychiatry Investigation · doi:10.30773/pi.2019.0130 · Cited by 8
“We found no main effect of drug [F (1, 18)=2.”
BackgroundInfluentialUnchanged food approach‐avoidance behaviour of healthy men after oxytocin administration
Melkonyan, A., Liu, L., Brown, E. C., Meyer, W., Madipakkam, A. R., Ringelmann, L., Lange, F., Schmid, S. M., Münte, T. F., & Park, S. Q. (2020) · Journal of Neuroendocrinology · doi:10.1111/jne.12923 · Cited by 7
Johnson, E. G., Kuiper, W. J., Ahmed, R. M., Halliday, G. M., Burrell, J. R., Hodges, J. R., Guastella, A. J., Piguet, O., & Kumfor, F. (2022) · Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders · doi:10.1159/000525087 · Cited by 7
An evolutionary perspective on oxytocin and its behavioral effects
Gangestad, S. W. (2015) · Current Opinion in Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.08.016 · Cited by 8
Neuroscience, Magic, and Counseling
Echterling, L. G., PRESBURY, J. H., & Cowan, E. W. (2012) · Journal of Creativity in Mental Health · doi:10.1080/15401383.2012.739947 · Cited by 7
Simon-Dack, S. L., & Marmarosh, C. L. (2014) · Journal of Counseling Psychology · doi:10.1037/cou0000020 · Cited by 7
The Role of Emotion Modulation in Moral Bioenhancement Debate
Kudlek, K. (2017) · Topoi · doi:10.1007/s11245-017-9481-9 · Cited by 7
Moral Enhancement as a Collective Action Problem
Glannon, W. (2018) · Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement · doi:10.1017/s1358246118000292 · Cited by 7
Rutter, L. A., Norton, D. J., Brown, B. S., & Brown, T. A. (2018) · Cognitive Therapy and Research · doi:10.1007/s10608-018-9974-x · Cited by 6
“Because OT has been used as an adjunct treatment for social anxiety, and depression and social anxiety share features, it is important to understand how OT’s cognitive and behavioral effects are moderated by context and other factors (Bartz et al. 2011; Ellenbogen et al. 2013).”
BackgroundMattson, R. E., Cameron, N. M., Middleton, F. A., Starr, L. R., Davila, J., & Johnson, M. D. (2018) · Journal of Family Psychology · doi:10.1037/fam0000474 · Cited by 8
The role of oxytocin on self‐serving lying
Sindermann, C., Luo, R., Becker, B., Kendrick, K. M., & Montag, C. (2020) · Brain and Behavior · doi:10.1002/brb3.1518 · Cited by 7
“These results not only led to the conclusion that the characterization of OXT as “cuddle hormone” might not be completely true, but also that several moderating factors exist, which explain the various effects of OXT administration (Bartz et al., 2011; ShamayTsoory & Abu-Akel, 2016).”
ResultThe Effects of Augmenting Clozapine with Oxytocin in Schizophrenia: An Initial Case Series
Marotta, R. F., Buono, F. D., Garakani, A., Collins, E. D., Cerrito, B., & Rowe, D. (2020) · Annals of Clinical Psychiatry · doi:10.1177/104012372003200211 · Cited by 7
“23 This qualitative report of a case series of patients treated with OT augmentation of clozapine suggests ample potential for increasing the quality of life for patients suffering from psychotic illness.”
Maternal Depression and Mother-Child Oxytocin Synchrony in Youth with Anxiety Disorders
Polack, R. G., Joormann, J., Orbach, M., Silverman, W. K., & Lebowitz, E. R. (2021) · Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology · doi:10.1007/s10802-020-00744-2 · Cited by 8
der Donck, S. V., Moerkerke, M., Dlhosova, T., Vettori, S., Dzhelyova, M. P., Alaerts, K., & Boets, B. (2022) · Psychophysiology · doi:10.1111/psyp.14026 · Cited by 8
Rung, J. M., Kidder, Q. A., Horta, M., Pournajafi‐Nazarloo, H., Carter, C. S., Berry, M. S., & Ebner, N. C. (2022) · Brain and Behavior · doi:10.1002/brb3.2425 · Cited by 6
Promoting intimacy: strategies suggested by the appetitive side
Reis, H. T., de Jong, D. C., Lee, K. Y., O’Keefe, S. D., & Peters, B. J. (2016) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9781316212653.002 · Cited by 7
Chaminade, T., & Spatola, N. (2022) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.871676 · Cited by 6
“The insula and hypothalamus are closely related to embodied emotional processing and are known to be influenced by social context (Bartz et al., 2011; Bernhardt and Singer, 2012).”
BackgroundDaughters, K., Unwin, K. L., & Rees, A. (2023) · European Journal of Oncology Nursing · doi:10.1016/j.ejon.2023.102346 · Cited by 6
“The hormone oxytocin has been found to play a vital role in the areas of social functioning identified in the current study (Bartz et al., 2011; Leppanen et al., 2017; Shahrestani et al., 2013), and there is some preliminary evidence that hypopituitary patients may present with low oxytocin…”
BackgroundNovel behavioral tasks for the measurement of social motivation in mice: a comparison across strains
Wells, C., Huddleston, K. P., Brown, S., Razzaq, F., Chick, D., & Rogers, T. D. (2026) · Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1678147 · Cited by 4
In the eye of the beholder? Oxytocin effects on eye movements in schizophrenia
Porffy, L., Bell, V., Coutrot, A., Wigton, R. L., D’Oliveira, T. C., Mareschal, I., & Shergill, S. S. (2019) · Schizophrenia Research · doi:10.1016/j.schres.2019.11.044 · Cited by 6
Melkonian, A. J., Flanagan, J. C., Calhoun, C. D., Hogan, J. N., & Back, S. E. (2021) · Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology · doi:10.1097/jcp.0000000000001434 · Cited by 6
Moral judgment and hormones: A systematic literature review
Freitas, C. C. M. D. C., & Osório, F. D. L. (2022) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0265693 · Cited by 9
Oxytocin modulates neural activity during early perceptual salience attribution
Santiago, A., Kosilo, M., Cogoni, C., Diogo, V. S., Jerónimo, R., & Prata, D. P. (2023) · Psychoneuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106950 · Cited by 7
“…young, heterosexual male participants of European Portuguese ethnicity were included) as inOT ’ s effect has shown to be dependent on sex and age (Bartz et al., 2011) at least; 2) prevent participants ’ tiredness due to experimental session length at the cost of using a variety of facial emotion…”
BackgroundInfluentialTomescu, M. I., der Donck, S. V., Perisanu, E. M., Berceanu, A. I., Alaerts, K., Boets, B., & Carcea, I. (2024) · Psychophysiology · doi:10.1111/psyp.14581 · Cited by 7
Wu, G., Ou, Y., Feng, Z., Xiong, Z., Li, K., Che, M., Qi, S., & Zhou, M. (2024) · Translational Psychiatry · doi:10.1038/s41398-024-02930-y · Cited by 7
“Thus, the effect of OXT on memory depends on their personality and feelings [23].”
BackgroundZhou, M., Cheng, L., Zhou, Y., Zhu, S., Zhang, Y., Kendrick, K. M., & Yao, S. (2024) · Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging · doi:10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.05.004 · Cited by 6
MacDonald, K. S., Feifel, D., Brüne, M., Lamb, K., Wilson, M. P., Golshan, S., & MacDonald, T. M. (2013) · Psychoneuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.08.003 · Cited by 6
Cortes, D. S., Skragge, M., Döllinger, L., Laukka, P., Fischer, H., Nilsson, M. E., Hovey, D., Westberg, L., Larsson, M., & Granqvist, P. (2018) · Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience · doi:10.1093/scan/nsy068 · Cited by 6
Švrakić, D. M., & Jovanovic, M. D. (2018) · doi:10.1093/med/9780190884574.001.0001 · Cited by 7
Oxytocin and Neuroprotective Effects
Erbaş, O., & Altuntaş, İ. (2021) · IntechOpen eBooks · doi:10.5772/intechopen.96527 · Cited by 6
Oxytocin-Trust Link in Oxytocin-Sensitive Participants and Those Without Autistic Traits
Kurokawa, H., Kinari, Y., Okudaira, H., Tsubouchi, K., Sai, Y., Kikuchi, M., Higashida, H., & Ohtake, F. (2021) · Frontiers in Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnins.2021.659737 · Cited by 6
Berends, Y. R., Tulen, J. H. M., Wierdsma, A. I., de Rijke, Y. B., Kushner, S. A., & Marle, H. J. C. V. (2021) · Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology · doi:10.1016/j.cpnec.2021.100080 · Cited by 6
“administration of oxytocin can have an opposite effect, as it hinders trust and cooperation [64].”
BackgroundOxytocin and social gaze during a dominance categorization task in tufted capuchin monkeys
Sosnowski, M. J., Kano, F., & Brosnan, S. F. (2022) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.977771 · Cited by 6
López‐Arnau, R., Camarasa, J., Carbó, M., Nadal‐Gratacós, N., Puigseslloses, P., Espinosa‐Velasco, M., Urquizu, E., Escubedo, E., & Pubill, D. (2022) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2022.990405 · Cited by 6
“changes in the response to angry and happy facial expressions (83, 84).”
BackgroundConsciousness: a neural capacity for objectivity, especially pronounced in humans
Dijker, A. J. M. (2014) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00223 · Cited by 6
Massey-Abernathy, A. R. (2017) · Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology · doi:10.1007/s40750-017-0063-2 · Cited by 8
The differential impact of oxytocin receptor gene in violence‐exposed boys and girls
Merrill, L. C., Jones, C. W., Drury, S. S., & Theall, K. P. (2017) · International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience · doi:10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2017.03.009 · Cited by 6
“The OXTR rs53576 G allele has been linked to increased social sensitivity, a factor that is likely protective in positive environments, but potentially confers increased risk in negative environments (44).”
InfluentialFriedlander, E., Yirmiya, N., Laiba, E., Harel‐Gadassi, A., Yaari, M., Feldstein, O., Mankuta, D., & Israel, S. (2019) · Autism Research · doi:10.1002/aur.2111 · Cited by 8
Risso, P., Maggioni, E., & Gallace, A. (2021) · Flavour and Fragrance Journal · doi:10.1002/ffj.3653 · Cited by 6
Wong, S. F., Vaillancourt, S., Grossman, S., Kelly‐Turner, K., Blackwell, S. E., & Ellenbogen, M. A. (2021) · International Journal of Psychophysiology · doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.03.013 · Cited by 7
Is oxytocin a trust hormone? Salivary oxytocin is associated with caution but not with general trust
Shou, Q., Yamada, J., Nishina, K., Matsunaga, M., Kiyonari, T., & Takagishi, H. (2022) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0267988 · Cited by 7
“Based on these findings, researchers have proposed the anxiety reduction hypothesis to explain the effect of oxytocin on human sociality [19].”
BackgroundPark, J., Woolley, J. D., & Mendes, W. B. (2022) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.916305 · Cited by 7
“To reconcile these disparate findings, it has been proposed that oxytocin modulates attention-orienting responses to contextual social cues, thereby enhancing perceptual salience and processing of these cues (i.e., the social salience hypothesis; Bartz et al., 2011; Olff et al., 2013; Shamay-Tsoory and AbuAkel, 2016).”
BackgroundAn Expectancy-Value Approach to Attachment
Bartz, J. A., Baldwin, M. W., & Lydon, J. E. (2015) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-9622-9_3 · Cited by 10
Self-citationThe Effects of Affective Social Bonds on the Interactions and Survival of Simulated Agents
Khan, I., Lewis, M., & Cañamero, L. D. (2019) · International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW) · doi:10.1109/aciiw.2019.8925031 · Cited by 6
“It is now widely understood that the effects of OT on social behaviours are context-dependent [12]–[14].”
BackgroundSalivary oxytocin after oxytocin administration: Examining the moderating role of childhood trauma
Fragkaki, I., Glennon, J. C., & Cima, M. (2020) · Biological Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2020.107903 · Cited by 7
Amygdala, Oxytocin, and Social Cognition in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Zalla, T. (2014) · Biological Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.06.022 · Cited by 6
Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Diversity in Social Behavior
King, L. B., & Young, L. J. (2016) · Wiley eBooks · doi:10.1002/9781118760369.ch19 · Cited by 5
On social health: Conceptualization, Correlates and PatterningPreprint
Doyle, D. M., & Link, B. G. (2022) · PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) · doi:10.31234/osf.io/m2ypw · Cited by 6
Jorgensen, C. C., Thöne‐Reineke, C., Moscovice, L. R., & Gimsa, U. (2025) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106425 · Cited by 6
Song, D., & Wang, Z. (2025) · Behavioural Brain Research · doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2025.115985 · Cited by 5
Biochar versus heavy metals under changing environmental conditions
Khan, A. A., Hayat, K., Wang, Y.-F., Alhaithloul, H. A. S., Alghanem, S. M. S., Alhoqail, W. A., & Soliman, M. H. (2024) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-443-21562-9.00007-4 · Cited by 6
Modulating reward and aversion: Insights into addiction from the paraventricular nucleus
Huang, S., Shi, C., Tao, D., Yang, C., & Luo, Y. (2024) · CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics · doi:10.1111/cns.70046 · Cited by 6
“78,79 82 The balance and interaction of these hormones, regulated by the PVN, are essential for maintaining emotional homeostasis.”
BackgroundSchiavone, S., Hutten, N. R. P. W., Bové, M., Morgese, M. G., Trabace, L., & Smit‐Rigter, L. A. (2025) · Harm Reduction Journal · doi:10.1186/s12954-025-01176-1 · Cited by 5
“This might be attributed to the effects of social interactions and emotions on the release of specific hormones, such as oxytocin [23], further reinforcing the positive feelings related to drug consumption during parties and festivals.”
Oxytocin administration during early pair formation delays communal nursing in female house mice
Harrison, N., Lopes, P. C., & König, B. (2016) · Animal Behaviour · doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.10.030 · Cited by 5
Oxytocin and emotion recognition: Investigating the possible roles of facial synchrony and eye gaze
Daughters, K., Manstead, A. S. R., & van der Schalk, J. (2021) · Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.cresp.2021.100019 · Cited by 5
Cover your mouth! Disease avoidance predicts the stigmatization of yawning
Brown, M., Snowden, S. E., & Gallup, A. C. (2022) · Personality and Individual Differences · doi:10.1016/j.paid.2022.111695 · Cited by 6
“For example, administration of intranasal oxytocin, a neuropeptide known to increase social perception and awareness (Bartz et al., 2011), leads to concealing and stifling yawn contagion and concomitant behaviors (e.”
BackgroundOxytocin differentially modulates the early neural responses to faces and non-social stimuli
Moses, E., Nelson, N. L., Taubert, J., & Pegna, A. J. (2024) · Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience · doi:10.1093/scan/nsae010 · Cited by 6
“OT appears to increase the salience of social stimuli (Averbeck, 2010; Bartz et al. , 2011; Cardoso et al. , 2014), potentially by reducing its perceived ambiguity (Zheng et al. , 2021).”
BackgroundGómez, M. M., Bueno-Adrada, M., Malfáz, M., Castro‐González, Á., & Salichs, M. A. (2024) · Robotics and Autonomous Systems · doi:10.1016/j.robot.2024.104687 · Cited by 5
The yin and yang of cortical oxytocin
Liu, R. C. (2015) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature14386 · Cited by 5
Metadata
- Authors
- Bartz, J. A., Zaki, J., Bolger, N., & Ochsner, K. N.
- Affiliations
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bartz, Jennifer A.
- Venue
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-06
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 301-9
- ISSN
- 1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2061226698
- Cited by
- 1,581
- References
- 117
- Citations by year
- 2026: 39 · 2025: 57 · 2024: 69 · 2023: 60 · 2022: 75 · 2021: 118 · 2020: 121 · 2019: 121 · 2018: 132 · 2017: 148 · 2016: 134 · 2015: 147 · 2014: 134 · 2013: 123 · 2012: 80
- FWCI
- 10.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Beatrice and Samuel A. Seaver Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD065276-01, R21HD065276)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Keywords
- oxytocin, social cognition, prosocial behavior, sociality, interactionism, context effects, individual differences
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Brain, Cognition Disorders, Humans, Oxytocin, Social Behavior
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
