Oxytocin Improves “Mind-Reading” in Humans

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

Simon Baron‐Cohen, Sally Wheelwright, Jacqueline Hill et al. · PubMed · 2001 · 4.3K citations

Intellectual Impairment, Normal Adults, Cognitive Science +15

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

Simon Baron‐Cohen, Sally Wheelwright, Jacqueline Hill et al. · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · 2001 · 4.3K citations

Eyes Test, Education, High‐functioning Autism +18

Oxytocin increases trust in humans

Michael Kosfeld, Markus Heinrichs, Paul J. Zak et al. · Nature · 2005 · 3.6K citations · Full text

Trust Metric, Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Neuroscience +7

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

Markus Heinrichs, Thomas Baumgärtner, Clemens Kirschbaum et al. · Biological Psychiatry · 2003 · 2.1K citations

Behavioral Sciences, Psychopathology, Stress Hormone +12

Oxytocin Modulates Neural Circuitry for Social Cognition and Fear in Humans

Peter Kirsch, Christine Esslinger, Qiang Chen et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2005 · 1.6K citations · Full text

Neuropsychology, Brain Mechanism, Affective Neuroscience +16