Peripheral oxytocin is inversely correlated with cognitive, but not emotional empathy in schizophrenia.

Endogenous oxytocin has been associated with different aspects of social cognition in healthy subjects and patients with schizophrenia. In this pilot study, we investigated the relationship between plasma oxytocin and oxytocin level changes induced by empathy-eliciting, attachment-related movie scen...

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Main Authors: Christiane Montag, Johanna Schöner, Lucas Guilherme Speck, Sandra Just, Frauke Stuke, Johannes Rentzsch, Jürgen Gallinat, Tomislav Majić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231257