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Corrigendum: Subjective and Oxytocinergic Responses to Mindfulness Are Associated With Subjective and Oxytocinergic Responses to Sexual Arousal

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Changes in salivary oxytocin in response to biologically-relevant events in farm animals: method optimization and usefulness as a biomarker

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Salivary Oxytocin Has Nonlinear Relationships with Trust and Reciprocity

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