2019
Oxytocin Enhances the Neural Efficiency of Social Perception
Tillman R, Gordon I, Naples A, Rolison M, Leckman JF, Feldman R, Pelphrey KA, McPartland JC. Oxytocin Enhances the Neural Efficiency of Social Perception. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience 2019, 13: 71. PMID: 30914935, PMCID: PMC6421852, DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00071.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmotional facesFace perceptionN170 latencyNeutral facesSocial perceptionExperiment 1Experiment 2Face processing taskNeutral facial expressionsSpecialized neural circuitryEffects of oxytocinDifferent facial featuresFearful facesNeural efficiencyEmotional expressionNeural correlatesInformative cuesIndividual differencesNeural processesParticipants' gazeNeural substratesFacial expressionsSubjects designNeural circuitryOT influences
2018
Primary parental preoccupation: revisited
Leckman J, Feldman R, Swain J, Mayes L. Primary parental preoccupation: revisited. 2018, 89-115. DOI: 10.4324/9780429473654-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecial mental stateBrain systemsMaternal behaviorBasic cognitive capacitiesChild attachment securitySecure attachment relationshipsDifferent brain systemsRelevant brain systemsInter-generational transmissionShort-term behavioral interventionAttachment securityParental preoccupationAttachment relationshipsIndividual differencesBody of researchCognitive capacityParental sensitivityMental statesCognitive characterizationVan IJzendoornBehavioral interventionsDepressed mothersTwin studiesPrimary maternal preoccupationMaternal preoccupation
2015
The association between 2D:4D ratio and cognitive empathy is contingent on a common polymorphism in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR rs53576)
Weisman O, Pelphrey KA, Leckman JF, Feldman R, Lu Y, Chong A, Chen Y, Monakhov M, Chew SH, Ebstein RP. The association between 2D:4D ratio and cognitive empathy is contingent on a common polymorphism in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR rs53576). Psychoneuroendocrinology 2015, 58: 23-32. PMID: 25935637, DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.04.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOxytocin receptor geneCognitive empathyRMET performanceFetal testosteroneHuman social cognitionSocial-cognitive developmentSocio-cognitive skillsRole of oxytocinSocio-affective skillsSocial cognitionPsychosocial competenceHigh fetal testosteroneIndividual differencesCognitive developmentBaron-CohenEmotional statesOXTR rs53576OXTR geneGreater identificationEmpathyCore aspectsRMETCognitionUnique supportTestosterone system